Category: Law News

• Professor Krotoszynski Publishes Opinion Piece in The Atlantic

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski recently published an opinion piece in The Atlantic titled “The War on Trans Kids Is Totally Unconstitutional.” The full article can be read here.

• Professor Das Acevedo’s Article Reviewed on JOTWELL

  Professor Rebecca Zietlow of The University of Toledo College of Law recently wrote a review on JOTWELL of Professor Deepa Das Acevedo’s article titled Essentializing Labor Before, During, and After the Coronavirus Epidemic, 52 Ariz. St. L.J.1091 (2020). The full review can be found on the JOTWELL site.

• Professor Vance Publishes Opinion Piece on MSNBC

  Professor Joyce Vance published her most recent opinion article titled “Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s Barr rebuke opens the door to DOJ accountability” on MSNBC.com.

• Professor Steinman and Colleagues Cited in 5th Circuit Decision 

  Alabama Law professor, Adam Steinman, joined professors Helen Hershkoff, Arthur R. Miller, Alan B. Morrison, and John E. Sexton in writing an amicus brief that was recently cited by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Douglass v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha decision. To learn more about the 5th Circuit’s decision in this case, read Professor Steinman’s recent…

• April 2021

  News Professor Grove Selected for SCOTUS Presidential Commission On Friday, April 9, The White House announced that Alabama Law’s Charles E. Tweedy, Jr., Endowed Chairholder of Law and Director of the Program in Constitutional Studies, Tara Leigh Grove, has been selected as a Commissioner for the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States—which…

• Professor Vance Featured on NPR

  Professor Joyce Vance was featured on NPR to discuss the verdict in the case of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin who was pronounced guilty by a jury on all three charges — second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. You can listen to her interview here.

• Professor Hamill Publishes on Canopy Forum

  Professor Susan Pace Hamill published her latest article on Canopy Forum titled “Religiously Based Ethical Arguments Favoring Estate Taxes.”  The full piece can be viewed here. 

• The Gig Economy: Prof. Das Acevedo Looks Beyond the Algorithm 

  Over the past few years, gig workers-individuals who provide services to customers of companies such as Uber, Door Dash and Instacart-have been making headlines as law makers, corporations and workers have tried to navigate the complexities that the gig economy has presented. In 2019, California’s state legislature passed a law, AB 5, effectively granting gig…

• Professor Vance Selected as Co-Host for CAFE and Vox Media Podcast

  CAFE and Vox Media announced that Professor Joyce Vance has joined the CAFE Insider podcast as a co-host with Preet Bharara. Professor Vance previously served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, and she is now a law professor at the University of Alabama School of Law, a frequent contributor for NBC…

• Alabama Law 2L Earns Big Win for The Elder Law Clinic

  The University of Alabama School of Law boasts seven different legal clinics in which students, under the supervision of a practicing attorney, gain hands-on experience by providing free legal assistance to low-income individuals, business startups, and non-profit organizations. These clinics focus on a variety of substantive areas and cases such as civil litigation, entrepreneurship, criminal defense, children’s…