Category: Law News

• Professor Carroll Explains Alabama Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals

  Professor Jenny Carroll is quoted in The Montgomery Advertiser about Alabama courts of civil and criminal appeals. For more, read “Primary Primer: Alabama Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals.”

• Two Alabama Law Review Articles Attract National Media Attention

  The lead article for the next edition of The Alabama Law Review (Volume 70) has garnered national media attention due to the article’s connection to current events involving renewed tensions between the White House and the Department of Justice. The article, authored by Rebecca Roiphe, a law professor at New York Law School, and Bruce A. Green,…

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

  The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal have named the finalists for the 2018 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The three books chosen to compete for the prize are: “Exposed” by Lisa Scottoline, “Proof” by C.E. Tobisman and “Testimony” by Scott Turow. “The winnowing committee has chosen three great novels that you…

• Alabama Law Confers 135 Juris Doctor Degrees; Frank S. James (’78) Delivers Commencement Address

  Frank S. James (’78) congratulated The University of Alabama School of Law’s Class of 2018 for having a median a LSAT score of 163 and an overall grade-point average of 3.76. “I can say that I, and many of my classmates, should be happy that we did not have to compete for a place in…

• Professor Vars: Gun Waiting Periods Can Prevent Suicides

  Professor Fred Vars (along with Griffin Edwards, Erik Nesson, and Joshua Robinson) writes an op-ed for USA Today about how gun purchase waiting periods don’t stop mass shootings but can prevent suicides. For more, read “Gun Purchase Waiting Periods Are a Powerful Way to Prevent Suicides and Save Lives.”

• Civil Law Clinic Wins Visitation Rights for Grandmother

  After almost three years of litigation in Alabama trial and appellate courts, The University of Alabama School of Law Civil Law Clinic secured and defended a grandmother’s right to visitation with her grandchild. Under Alabama law, when a child is adopted by a close relative, a grandparent is entitled to visitation when maintaining the familial…

• Professor Hamill Comments on Limited Liability Companies in the Housing Market

  Professor Susan Pace Hamill is quoted in The New York Times about the secrecy of limited liability companies. For more, read “Anonymous Owner, L.L.C.: Why It Has Become So Easy to Hide in the Housing Market.”

• Alabama Law Clinic, Alumni Win Case That Expands Access to Justice for Tenants in Alabama

  The University of Alabama School of Law’s Civil Law Clinic, along with Alabama Law alumni at Winston & Strawn, LLP, scored a critical win for a Tuscaloosa single mother. In the process, they changed the law to better protect vulnerable tenants statewide. Bridgette Morrow leased a home for her family in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. But the…

• Frank S. James to Deliver Commencement Address

  Frank S. James (’78) , who was a shareholder for more than 25 years at what is now the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, P.C., will deliver The University of Alabama School of Law commencement address at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 6 at Coleman Coliseum. James is a 1978 graduate of…

• Professor Vance Discusses President Trump’s Reaction to Russia Investigation

  Professor Joyce White Vance is quoted in The Washington Post about President Trump’s Reaction to the Russia investigation. For more, read “Trump Keeps Saying He’s Innocent. So Why Does He Keep Sounding Like He’s Guilty?“