Category: Law News
Professor Krotoszynski: States Could Succeed in Getting Candidates to Release Tax Returns
Professor Ronald Krotoszynski writes an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times about states currently considering legislation that would require presidential candidates to release their tax returns to be listed on election ballots. For more, read “States Could Succeed in Getting Trump’s Tax Returns Where Congress Has Failed.”
Professor Vars Comments on Deferment of Louisiana Bill Designed to Prevent Suicide
Professor Fred Vars is quoted in a Nola.com story about the deferment of a Louisiana bill that would allow residents to place themselves on a no-gun purchase registry. For more, read “Bill to Create Louisiana’s ‘Do-Not-Sell’ Gun Self-Registry Deferred until 2020.”
Alabama Law Confers 134 Juris Doctor Degrees; Paula Hinton (’79) Delivers Commencement Address
Paula Weems Hinton (’79) reflected on her own legal career and encouraged the members of the Class of 2019 to find “the next you.” Graduates will surely meet resistance, obstacles, and setbacks. Hinton, though, urged graduates to press forward. “The defining moments of our lives often don’t come with an advance warning – they present…
Law School Professor, Staff Attorney, and Students Help Grandmother Get a Chance at Freedom
Courtney Cross, Director of the Domestic Violence Law Clinic, and Terrika Shaw, a Staff Attorney in the Elder Law Clinic, are quoted in a WBRC story about a grandmother sentenced to life without parole for drug trafficking. Cross, Shaw, Tuscaloosa Criminal Defense Attorney Joel Sogol, and six law students strategized on legal options for Geneva…
Professor Vars Says Research on “Red Flag” Bills Suggests They Help Prevent Gun Suicides
Professor Fred Vars is quoted in an American Military News article about an Alabama bill that would allow residents to place themselves on a no-gun purchase registry. For more, read “AL Bill Would Take Guns away from People Deemed Dangerous.” AL bill would take guns away from people deemed dangerous
Professor Vance Writes Op-Ed about Mueller Report for Time Magazine
Professor Joyce White Vance writes an op-ed for Time magazine about special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. For more, read “Why the Mueller Report Shouldn’t Be the Final Word on Trump, Russia, and Obstruction of Justice.”
Paula Hinton (’79) to Deliver Commencement Address
Paula Hinton (’79), Trial Partner and Member of the Executive Committee of the international law firm of Winston & Strawn, will deliver School of Law commencement address at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5 at Coleman Coliseum. Ms. Hinton serves as Global Chair of the Winston Women’s Leadership Initiative, which won the Chambers Award for…
Dorbin Association Donates $14,500 to Turning Point
The Dorbin Association donated $14,500 to Turning Point Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services on April 9. The contribution is the largest donation in the Association’s history. The money was raised through the Dorbin Auction, the Association’s annual live and silent auction that takes place every February. Leaders said they enjoy putting on the Auction every year and…
Bankruptcy Journal to Publish Brief Written by Law Students
A bankruptcy journal will soon publish a brief written by Mallory Woodford and Clayton Stansell, both 3Ls. The brief was written as part of the 27th Annual Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition in New York City in March. Each year, the competition considers one or more questions. Teams then address those concerns in oral arguments and…
National Moot Court Champions Featured in UA Video
Here are your National Moot Court Champions. Lindsey Barber, Cory Church, and Anne Miles Golson, all 2Ls, won the 69th Annual National Moot Court Competition in New York in January. The team was coached by Assistant Dean for Students Mary Ksobiech and managed by Josh Kravec, 2L. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUmwgiGXfG8