Category: Law News

• Professor Vars Comments on Proposal to Help Prevent Suicide in Virginia

  Professor Fred Vars is quoted extensively in The Roanoke Times about his proposal for a do-not-sell list for firearms. A proposed bill would allow Virginia residents to voluntarily suspend their ability to purchase a gun. For more, read “Bill Advances to Create a ‘Do Not Sell’ list to Prevent Gun Suicides.”

• Professor Vance Weighs in on Sentencing Request for Roger Stone

  Professor Joyce White Vance weighs in on the sentencing request for Roger Stone in an op-ed for Time magazine. For more, read “If Trump Is Allowed to Turn the Justice Department Into a Political Weapon, No One Is Safe.”  

• Professor Deepa Acevedo Discusses Invisible Bosses in the Gig Economy

  Professor Deepa Das Acevedo appeared as a guest on Professor Liz Tippett’s Youtube channel, “Oregon Law Lab.” She discussed her work on invisible bosses in the gig economy.  

• Intellectual Property Moot Court Team Wins Third Place in Regional Competition

    Alex Bruening, 3L, Clayton Carter, 3L, Chris Leah, 3L, and Hugh Warren, 3L, competed in the Southern Regional of the Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Law Moot Court Competition.  In spite of a first-round marred by some off-topic questions, the team hung in there and took third place in a field of 14 teams, including Emory,…

• Moot Court Team Competes in Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship

  Lindsey Barber, 3L, Cory Church, 3L, and Anne Miles Golson, 3L, turned in an outstanding performance at the Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship in Houston, Texas. The team advanced to the quarterfinals, only to be narrowly eliminated by the defending champions from the University of Georgia. While arguing two complicated issues of Supremacy…

• BLSA Moot Court Team to Compete in Cincinnati

  Karmen Gaines, 3L, and Stephanie Avant, 3L, recently competed at BLSA’s Southern Regional Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition. Gaines and Avant wrote and won an award for the Best Petitioner Brief, and they advanced to the knockout rounds of the competition, ultimately coming in Second Place and advancing to the National Competition rounds. Anil Mujumdar,…

• BLSA Mock Trial Team Advances to National Tournament

  Maya Hoyt, 3L, Alex Williams, 3L, Chenelle Jones, 2L, and Gavin Baum-Blake, 2L, recently competed against eight other teams from across the southern region in the Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Southern Regional Competition during the Southern Regional Black Law Students’ Association’s Convention held in Charleston, South Carolina. The students finished 2nd in the region after a hard-fought championship round….

• Professor Deepa Das Acevedo Weighs in on 70th Anniversary of Indian Constitution

  Professor Deepa Das Acevedo published an op-ed for the Hindustan Times about the 70th Anniversary of India’s constitution. For more read, “Republic at 70: The Unique Goals and Challenges of Indian Secularism.”

• Yusef Salaam, Member of Exonerated Five, Speaks at Alabama Law

  Yusef Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five, formerly known as the Central Park Five, discussed his legal case on Monday with Judge John H. England, Jr. (’74)  in the Bedsole Moot Court Room. On April 19, 1989, a young woman was raped and left for dead in New York City’s Central Park. Five boys —…

• Professor Cross Comments on Gender Discrepancy in Alabama’s Stand Your Ground Law

  Professor Courtney Cross is quoted by Al.com about the effects of gender discrepancy when arguing for justifiable homicide in Alabama. For more, read “Alabama Woman Says She Killed Her Rapist in Self-Defense. She Could Spend Life in Prison.“