Category: Law News
Grace Soyon Lee Named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
The University of Alabama School of Law is pleased to announce Grace Soyon Lee has been named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. She will serve the academic needs of students and the faculty and work closely with students as she helps build campus community. She will ensure that the Law School reports accurate information…
Law Student Brings Los Angeles Experience to Alabama
Gonzalo Rodriguez (‘18) is using a case he worked on in Los Angeles to continue pursuing environmental justice while in law school. As an intern for the Communities for a Better Environment, an environmental justice program in Los Angeles, he contributed to a lawsuit that alleged the city of Los Angeles routinely approved oil drilling applications…
Michael Forton: Serving the State
A paralegal told Michael Forton his very first case was impossible to win. Forton was a law student when he advised a man who had been laid off and was trying to collect unemployment. His client said he trusted Forton and wouldn’t blame him if he lost the case. Losing, however, would come with a…
Gross: Trump’s Immigration Policies Would Restrict Justice
Professor John Gross writes an op-ed for AL.com about President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policies. For more, read “Trump’s immigration policies would restrict justice.”
Law School Installs Art Exhibit
The University of Alabama School of Law recently installed an exhibit of American art. The Law School’s exhibit features five works by four artists: Israel Aten, Adger Cowans, Sam Gilliam and Lionel Lofton. The pieces are on loan from The Paul R. Jones Collection, which is part of UA’s College of Arts & Sciences. In…
Professor Rushin Weighs in on How President-Elect Donald Trump Will Handle Police Reform
Professor Stephen Rushin is quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times about how President-Elect Donald Trump will handle the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation of Chicago police. For more, read “Big Question What Trump Will Do About U.S. Probe of Chicago Cops.”
Krotoszynski: A Poll Tax by Another Name
Professor Ronald Krotoszynski writes an op-ed in The New York Times about long lines at the polls. For more, read “A Poll Tax by Another Name.”
Professor Rushin Comments on How Role of Department of Justice Could Change Under Donald Trump
Professor Stephen Rushin is quoted in The Baltimore Sun about how President-Elect Donald Trump’s administration may address policing and federal oversight. Rushin said: “It’s hard to imagine a Rudy Giuliani DOJ being the same rigorous enforcement arm as Eric Holder’s or Loretta Lynch’s DOJ” on police reform. For more, read “Trump, the self-styled ‘law and…
Law School Graduates Featured as Women Who Shape the State
AL.com has named its 2016 Women Who Shape the State, a list of Alabama women who have changed their neighborhoods, cities and Alabama for the better. The program evolved out of the Birmingham-based Women Who Make a Difference, which launched in 2013. Last year the list was expanded to honor women throughout Alabama. More than…
Professor Vars’s Research Featured in Forbes
Research conducted by Professor Fredrick Vars (along with Karen Cropsey and Richard Shelton of UAB and Cheryl McCullumsmith of Cincinnati) is featured in a Forbes story about how to reduce firearm-related suicides. For more, read “A Clever, Low-Cost, Non-Inflammatory Strategy To Reduce Firearm-Related Suicides.”