Category: Law News
Professor Hill Quoted by NPR’s Marketplace and Reuters
Professor Julie Hill was quoted in a NPR Marketplace piece titled Smaller Banks Keep a Close Watch Over Their Liquidity. You can read the full article here. Additionally, she was quoted in an article by Reuters titled Analysis: US Bank Supervision Needs More Speed, Transparency in Wake of SVB Debacle, Critics Say. You can read the…
Duberstein Bankruptcy Teams Named Runner-Up at National & Regional Events
The Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Team, consisting of Sam Cochran, Nate Oehl, Angel Sims and Whitt Watts (all 3L students) had strong performances at both the national and regional competitions this year. At the national 31st Annual Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition earlier this month in New York, out of a field of 52…
The Supreme Court of Alabama to Hold Special Session at Alabama Law
TUSCALOOSA, AL – The University of Alabama School of Law will host the Alabama Supreme Court for a special session—an oral argument hearing—on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. “The Supreme Court of Alabama is delighted to take our Court proceedings out of Montgomery and to Tuscaloosa this month to show the future lawyers at the University…
Alabama Law Honors 2023 Alumni Awardees
On March 3, the School of Law hosted the annual Alabama Law Alumni Society Banquet at The Florentine in Birmingham. Six distinguished alumni were honored this year for their significant contributions to the legal community and the School of Law. Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award Among many moving moments throughout the night, fellow alumni…
Alabama Law to Host 50th Anniversary Gala Honoring the First Black Law Graduates
On the evening of Friday, April 21, The University of Alabama School of Law, in conjunction with The 50th Anniversary Executive Committee & Advisory Board, will be hosting The 50th Anniversary Gala: A Legacy Fundraising Event in honor of the first Black graduates at Alabama Law. The Gala program will include artistic performances, reflections, and stories…
50 | 150 Anniversaries: Women Who Led the Way at Alabama Law
This story was originally published in the 2022 Special Anniversary Edition of Capstone Lawyer as a part of the commemoration of The 50 | 150 Anniversaries—celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the School of Law and acknowledging it was just 50 years ago (in May of 2022) that the first class of African…
Professor Vars Interviewed by CBS Sunday Morning
Professor Fred Vars was a guest on CBS Sunday Morning discussing a law intended to aid in suicide prevention. Click this link to view the full segment.
Alabama Law Ranked #1 for Median Undergraduate GPA
Paul Caron of TaxProf blog ranked Alabama Law #1 for highest median undergraduate GPA. The ranking was determined based off of the undergraduate GPAs of the 1L class for Fall 2022. View the full “Law School Rankings by Fall 2022 Median UPGAs” here.
Professor Das Acevedo’s Article Accepted in Duke Law Journal
Professor Deepa Das Acevedo‘s article The Past as a Colonialist Resource has been accepted for publication in Volume 73 of the Duke Law Journal. The article uses insights from Anthropology to both explain and critique Originalist interpretation. Read about the forthcoming piece on SSRN.
Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition Team Awarded “Best Brief” at Regional BLSA Conference
Alabama Law students Hunter Jackson (3L) and Amani Moore (3L) were recently awarded “Best Respondent’s Brief” at the Southern Regional Black Law Students Association conference in Orlando, Florida. The Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition team was coached by Professor Anil Mujumdar and supported by team manager, Lawrence Perry (2L). Many other members of the Alabama Law community helped…