Category: Law News
Taze Shepard (’79) to Become President of Alabama State Bar
Taze Shepard (’79), a senior partner at Sparkman, Shepard & Morris P.C. in Huntsville, has been elected 2020-2021 President-Elect of the Alabama State Bar. His term officially began on June 26, 2020, and he will become President in July 2021. “Serving in various leadership roles with the Alabama State Bar and my local bar, I…
Professor Allyson Gold Comments on Impending Expiration of CARES Act
Professor Allyson Gold is quoted by AL.com about the impending expiration of the CARES Act and how that will affect utility and housing access for vulnerable Alabamians. For more, read “Loss of Unemployment Benefit Could Devastate Thousands in Alabama.”
Alumna Prim Escalona Named Interim U.S. Attorney for Northern District of Alabama
Prim Escalona (’08) has been named interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. Escalona, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Affairs, was appointed by U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr. She replaces Jay Town, who stepped down to take a position with a defense contractor. For more, read “Prim…
Alabama Law Student Groups To Host Virtual Town Hall on Policing, Systemic Racism, and the Law
The Student Bar Association, Black Law Students Association, and the Criminal Law Society will present a virtual town hall on Policing, Systemic Racism, and the Law at 6 p.m. Monday, July 20 on Zoom. The program will feature professors Montre Carodine, Richard Delgado, Yuri Linetsky, Anil Mujumdar, and Jean Stefancic. Professor Bryan Fair will moderate…
Victor Methos Wins 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
Victor Methos, author of “The Hallows,” will receive The University of Alabama School of Law’s 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction during a virtual ceremony. “On the 10th anniversary of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, I am grateful to the selection committee for choosing a novel that clearly illustrates the role of lawyers and…
Professor Vars Publishes Article on Red Flag Laws in Probate and Property Magazine
Professor Fredrick E. Vars, along with Ian Ayres of Yale Law School, published an article in the ABA’s Probate & Property magazine about red flag laws that remove guns from people who are considered too dangerous to have firearms. Surprisingly, two-thirds of gun owners say they support red flag laws. For more, read “Gun Trust as…
Professor Krotoszynski: Government Can Require Masks
Professor Ronald Krotoszynski appeared on WWL and discussed whether the government can require citizens to wear masks during the pandemic. For more, read “Law professor: Government Can Indeed Require Masks.”
Alabama Law Welcomes PLUS Participants for Virtual Program
The Alabama School of Law welcomes the third class of the Alabama LSAC Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program. The PLUS program, funded by a $300,000 grant from the Law School Admission Council, helps prepare students for the law school admission process, success in law school, and careers in the legal profession. This year, the Law School…
Alabama Law Student Receives Peggy Browning Fellowship
The Peggy Browning Fund has awarded a paid fellowship to Rubayet Lasker, a rising 2L. Lasker said she is honored to receive the fellowship, which will help her connect and network with other law students who have similar interests around the country. During her fellowship, Lasker will work at Adelante Alabama Worker Center in Birmingham….
Alabama Law Alumnae Featured in National Law Journal Article
Several Alabama Law alumnae are featured in The National Law Journal for their work on an amicus brief on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors. The article names Jade Sipes (’12), Sharonda Childs Fancher (’13), Madeline Hughes (’18), and Xeris Gregory (’19). For more, read “How Women in Big Law Are Stepping Into the Court Fight…