Category: Law News

• Alabama Law Student Discusses New Entrepreneurship Clinic

  Law Student Rachel Parker discusses Alabama Law’s new Entrepreneurship & Nonprofit Clinic on WVUA. For more, visit The Edge: Law Student Rachel Parker Discusses Entrepreneurial Clinic.

• Professor Vars Discusses His Proposal to Decrease Suicides

  Professor Fred Vars is quoted extensively in an AL.com story about his proposal for a waiting period for firearms. His proposal would allow Alabama residents to voluntarily suspend their ability to purchase a gun. For more, read “Proposed Waiting Period for Firearms Aims to Save Lives of Suicidal Alabamians.”

• Professor Steinman Discusses the State of Pleadings and Personal Jurisdiction in Federal Courts

  Professor Adam Steinman, a co-author of Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure, was interviewed by Professor Arthur Miller, founding author of the treatise, on the state of pleadings and personal jurisdiction in federal courts. The interview on Legal Current is part of a podcast series that is marking the 50th anniversary of the first…

• James Forman, Jr. to Speak at Alabama Law

  James Forman, Jr. is scheduled to speak at noon Friday, September 20 in the Bedsole Moot Court Room. Professor Forman, of Yale Law School, won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction for his book, “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.” “Locking Up Our Own” examines the complex and often conflicted history…

• Professor Elliott Comments on Water Policy in Alabama

  Professor Heather Elliott is quoted in The Montgomery Advertiser about water policy in Alabama and the effect that could have on water and wildlife. For more, read “Climate and Change: In Farming, Questions of Heat and Water.“

• Professor Faucon Discusses Proposed Bill that Would Reduce Penalties for Polygamists in Utah

  Professor Casey Faucon is quoted by Fox News about a proposed bill in Utah that would reduce the penalties against polygamists. For more, read “Polygamy Debate Returns to Utah Capitol, as Lawmaker Looks to Reduce Penalties.”

• Alumnus and Law Student to Hunt for House on HGTV

  Luke Kiszla, ’18, and Jayme Smith, 3L, will be featured on an episode of HGTV’s “House Hunters” later this year. Kiszla, who is engaged to Smith, sent in an application to be on the HGTV show just for fun. That application quickly became an on-camera house hunt in Montgomery, where Kiszla and Smith plan to…

• Professor Vance Writes Expert Summary about Mueller Report

  Professor Joyce White Vance, along with several other experts, provided a summary of the Mueller Report for Just Security. For more, read “Expert Summaries of Mueller Report: A Collection.” 

• Professor Vance Discusses the Logistics of Conducting ICE Raids

  Professor Joyce White Vance discusses on NPR how she approached conducting an ICE raid similar to the ones that happened in Mississippi. For more, read “Former Federal Prosecutor Discusses The Logistics of Conducting ICE Raids.”

• Women Make Up Majority of First-Year Law Students for First Time

  For the first time, women make up a majority of law students in the entering class at The University of Alabama School of Law. Of the 137 first-year law students who enrolled this week, 53% are women. Enrollment at UA’s School of Law mirrors a national trend, as women have outnumbered men in law school…