Category: Law News
Professor Hill: Bermuda and the Cayman Islands Provide Tax Neutrality Instead of Anonymity
Professor Julie Hill is quoted in The Tennessee Star about how it is more difficult to engage in money laundering in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. For more, read “The Connection Between Russia and Two Green Groups Fighting Fracking in U.S.”
Professor Gold Wins CLEA Award for Excellence in Public Interest
Professor Allyson E. Gold, Assistant Professor of Clinical Legal Instruction and Director of the Elder Law Clinic, will be honored with the 2018 Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project for work she supervised for the Health Justice Project in Chicago. CLEA established the award to honor and recognize…
Ceremony Celebrates Research by Alabama Law Faculty
Two members of The University of Alabama School of Law faculty were honored for their research contributions at Faculty Research Day. As part of the celebration, Professors Jenny Carroll and Heather Elliott were recognized as recipients of the President’s Faculty Research Award during a ceremony April 17 in the Bryant Conference Center on the UA campus. Professor…
Alabama Law Hosts Symposium on Gender Inequality
Legal scholars visited The University of Alabama School of Law April 13 to discuss gender inequality. The symposium on Gender Inequality after 55 Years of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 recognized the broader goals of the Equal Pay Act, celebrated the successes achieved since its enactment, and invited leading scholars to lay the foundation…
Professor Vars Discusses Study that Shows Gun Waiting Periods Reduce Suicides
Professor Fred Vars appears on WBRC Fox 6 and discusses a study that shows gun waiting periods reduce suicides by 2 to 5 percent.
Professor Vance Writes Op-Ed in USA Today about Constitutional Limits on Political Interference with Law Enforcement
Professor Joyce White Vance writes an op-ed in USA Today with John McKay about how President Trump has violated constitutional limits on interference for self-interest. For more, read “Pardon offers? Trump Russia Interference Violates Constitution and His Oath.”
Alabama Law Announces Four New Faculty Members
Alabama Law is excited to announce four new members of our faculty. Their arrival strengthens the academic offerings available to our students and increases the level of quality scholarship produced by our faculty. All four will arrive this summer, and teach their first courses to our students during the 2018-19 academic year. Deepa Das Acevedo…
Health Law Moot Court Team Travels to Chicago
David McAdams, 2L, Kenton McGalliard, 3L, and Meighan Parker, 3L, performed well at the Bryant National Health Law Transactional Moot Court Competition held in Chicago on March 23. As participants in the competition, McAdams, McGalliard, and Parker prepared a memorandum analyzing a hypothetical health care client’s position in the face of a proposed acquisition and then…
Alabama Law Students Compete in Final Round of Campbell Moot Court Competition
Tyler Foster, Brenton Smith, Laura Stephenson, and Kory Queen, all 2Ls, competed in the final round of the John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition on Wednesday, March 28. These two teams were the last standing in a competitive field of 32 teams. A distinguished panel served as judges for the final round. They were: The…
Dorbin Association Raises $13,000 for Turning Point
The Dorbin Association donated $13,000 to Turning Point Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services on March 27. The donation is the largest in the association’s history, and leaders said they were honored to raise the money for an organization that supports women. Turning Point serves nine counties throughout West Alabama, providing services to more than…