Category: Law News

• Hill: Broad Regulation of Reputation Risk Does Not Reduce Bank Risk

  Professor Julie Hill writes a bank regulation blog post for LexBlog that explains that broad regulation of reputation risk does not reduce bank risk. In fact, she says, the move unnecessarily politicizes bank regulators. For more, read “Why We Shouldn’t Regulate Reputation Risk at Banks.”

• Professor Vance Testifies on Capitol Hill about Mueller Report

  Professor Joyce White Vance testified before the House Judiciary Committee about Robert Mueller’s Report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. For more, read “Mueller Report Is ‘Sufficient to Obtain a Guilty Verdict’ on Donald Trump, Law Professor Tells Congress.

• Professor Krotoszynski Weighs in on the Viability of Income Tax Disclosure Bills

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski is quoted in the National Journal on the viability of legislation that would require presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns in order to get on the ballot. For more, read “The Other Battle to Get the President’s Tax Returns.”

• Law School Welcomes PLUS Participants

  Dean Mark E. Brandon welcomed the second class of the Alabama LSAC Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program to the Law School on Monday, June 3. Brandon encouraged the participants to educate themselves broadly. It’s not enough, he said, for students to discover that they love criminal law, or contracts, or constitutional law. “You’ll be better as…

• Professor Vars Discusses His Idea for Voluntary Gun Control

  Professor Fred Vars is quoted extensively by The Trace about his idea that allows residents to place themselves on a no-gun purchase registry. For more, read “Washington State Debuts Unique Tool to Reduce Gun Suicides.”

• Alabama State Bar Inducts Five Alumni into Hall of Fame

              The Alabama State Bar recently inducted five alumni of the Law School in the Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame. Inductees into the Alabama Lawyers’ Hall of Fame must have had a distinguished career in the law. This could be demonstrated through many different forms of achievement, leadership, service, mentorship,…

• ABA Honors Alumna with Champion of Diversity and Inclusion Award

  The American Bar Association honored Montrece M. Ransom (‘01) with its Champion of Diversity and Inclusion Award during the Health Law Section’s Emerging Issues in Health Law Conference in Orlando. The award honors an ABA Health Law Section member, who has made exceptional efforts to promote diversity and inclusion within the section or the legal…

• Kyle Campbell, 2L, Receives Peggy Browning Fellowship

  The Peggy Browning Fund has awarded a 10-week summer fellowship to Kyle Campbell, a second-year student at The Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law. During his fellowship, Campbell will work at Bush Gottlieb in Los Angeles. “I came to law school to be a labor lawyer, and Peggy Browning Fund fellowships are the preeminent…

• Professor Krotoszynski: The Bigger Reason Mnuchin Should Release Trump’s Tax Returns

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski writes an op-ed for the Chicago Tribune about why Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin should release President Trump’s tax returns.  For more, read “The Bigger Reason Steven Mnuchin Should Turn Over Trump’s Tax Returns.”

• Alabama Law, ABA Journal Name Finalists for Harper Lee Prize

  The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal have announced the finalists for the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The three books chosen to compete for the prize are: “The Boat People” by Sharon Bala, “Class Action” by Steven B. Frank and “The Widows of Malabar Hill” by Sujata Massey. “This…