Category: Law News
Public Interest Institute Holds Fourth Annual Career Fair
Today the Public Interest Institute held its fourth annual Career Fair at the law school. Public interest organizations and government agencies from around the state spent the day talking with students and conducting interviews for summer internships. This year, 30 employers registered and more than 60 students participated in interviews and table talks. Participating organizations…
Jessup Team Wins Top Memorial Award, Oralist Award
The Jessup International Law Moot Court team traveled to New Orleans this past weekend to compete in the regional rounds. David Morton (’17 ), Liesel Carmen-Burks (’17), James Artzer (’17 ), Hannah McGee (’17 ) and Reid Harris (’17) made a strong showing, progressing to the quarterfinal rounds before being eliminated. They won a top memorial award, and…
Law School Hosts Symposium on The Legacy of To Kill a Mockingbird: Advocacy in an Unjust Society
Some of the nation’s foremost experts on the intersection of law and literature discussed the moral significance of Harper Lee’s novels Friday, March 3, at The University of Alabama School of Law. The occasion was a symposium on The Legacy of To Kill a Mockingbird: Advocacy in an Unjust Society. The conference explored the life and…
Law Student Wins Diversity Scholarship
Moriah S. Smoot (’19) has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for law students. The scholarship, awarded by national intellectual property firm Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., will provide Smoot with $5,000 for her upcoming fall semester of law school. The scholarship is open to all law students who…
Law School Hosts Magda Brown, a Holocaust Survivor
Magda Brown’s family lost their jobs, their homes and their freedom. Then they lost each other. Brown recounted at the University of Alabama School of Law how she survived the Holocaust and how her parents were sent to the gas chambers. She had lived a normal life, until the laws in Hungary began to strip…
National Environmental Moot Court Team Competes in New York City
Congratulations are in order for the National Environmental Law Moot Court Team – Robby Anderson (‘17), Carrington Jackson (‘17), Katlyn Stricklend (‘17) and student coach and advisor, Haley Cobb (‘18). The team performed admirably well at the National Competition, which was held Thursday through Saturday, March 2-4, in New York City. Sixty-four law schools competed…
Two ABA Moot Court Teams Compete at Regional Competition
Two UA Law teams competed in the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition in Philadelphia. UA Law students Eunji Jo (’17), Briana Knox (’17) and MaryLauren Kulovitz (’17), Allison Garnett, (’17) Sarah Jackson (’17) and Park Wynn (’17) competed in this elite competition, which has six regions and about 200 teams. This year’s case tested a university’s duties…
Law School Hosts Middle School Students for Open House
More than 100 Tuscaloosa middle school students recently visited the Law School. Students from Hillcrest, Eastwood and Collins-Riverside middle schools participated in the Law School’s first Middle School Open House, a program designed to introduce middle school students to law school. Dean Mark E. Brandon welcomed the students and encouraged them to take courses…
Professor Pierson Comments on Gov. Bentley’s Appointment of Luther Strange to Jeff Session’s Senate Seat
Professor Pam Bucy Pierson is quoted in the New Republic about Gov. Bentley’s appointment of state Attorney General Luther Strange to Jeff Session’s Senate seat. For more, read “The Shady Ascension of Luther Strange.”
Professor Krotoszynski Analyzes Court’s Decision to Continue Blocking President Trump ’s Travel Ban
Professor Ronald Krotoszynski speaks to Ian Hanomansing about the decision of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to continue blocking President Trump ’s travel ban.