Category: Law News

• Professor Vars Comments on His Proposal to Help Prevent Suicide

  Professor Fred Vars is quoted in the Times-Picayune about his proposal that allows residents to voluntarily suspend their ability to purchase a gun. His goal of having laws in all 50 states received an unexpected push in August when he received a call from a woman in New Orleans who said her mother had just killed herself…

• Professor Krotoszynski Writes New York Times Op-Ed About Impeaching Kavanaugh

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski writes an op-ed for The New York Times that outlines a case for impeaching Judge Brett Kavanaugh. For more, read “The Case for Impeaching Kavanaugh.”

• Professor Vars Discusses Proposal to Prevent Suicide

  Professor Fred Vars discusses his proposal to prevent suicide.     https://youtu.be/egG0UebcTWU

• Professor Carroll Comments on Roy Moore’s Lawsuit Against Sacha Baron Cohen

  Professor Jenny Carroll appeared on CBS 42 and discussed Roy Moore’s Lawsuit Against Sacha Baron Cohen.   

• Professor Krotoszynski Comments on SEC’s Post-Lucia Case Rehearings

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski is quoted in Law 360 about the Security and Exchange Commission’s strategy to rehear cases after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Lucia decision. For more, read “SEC’s Post-Lucia Case Rehearings Largely For Show.”    

• Alabama Law Alumnus Confirmed as Federal District Judge

  The U.S. Senate confirmed U.S. Magistrate Judge Terry F. Moorer (’86) to serve  as a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile. Moorer was nominated in 2017 by President Donald Trump. For more, read “Senate Confirms Black Alabama Judge to Federal Bench.”

• Professor Vars: Without a Will, Aretha Franklin’s Assets Will Become Public

  Professor Fred Vars is quoted in Forbes about Aretha Franklin dying without a will. For more, read “Aretha Franklin Died Without a Will, So What’s Next?”  

• Professor Vance Comments on Credibility of Rick Gates in Paul Manafort Trial

  Professor Joyce White Vance is quoted in The New York Times about Rick Gates’s credibility in the Paul Manafort Trial. For more, read “The Paul Manafort Trial: What the Jurors Will Consider.” 

• ABA’s Law Student Division Elects Alabama Law Student as Vice Chair

  Taurus Myhand, 3L, was recently elected as the 2018-2019 national Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division. Myhand will lead the ABA’s efforts to reach, recruit, and engage law students across the country through meaningful events, programming, and content. He will serve on the greater ABA’s Standing Committee on Membership and will…

• Alabama Law Welcomes the Class of 2021

  Dean Mark E. Brandon welcomed the Class of 2021 during First-Year Orientation. Brandon said the class is joining a long list of former law students who have made a positive mark on the community, the nation, and the world, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., Nelle Harper Lee, Millard…