Category: Students
Alabama Law Celebrates the Class of 2025
On Sunday, May 4, The University of Alabama School of Law honored 162 graduates during its annual Commencement Ceremony at Coleman Coliseum. Among the graduates, 147 received Juris Doctor degrees—including 11 students who earned dual JD/LL.M degrees in taxation or business transactions. An additional 10 members of the Class of 2025 received standalone LL.M degrees and…
Student Spotlight: Briana Murphy
Briana Murphy, a member of the Class of 2025 at The University of Alabama School of Law, shares how her involvement with the Alabama Law Public Interest Institute has allowed her to make significant contributions to her community. A violinist who graduated with a Master of Music degree from Belmont University, Briana spent several years…
Alabama Law Hosts 2L Moot Court Competition Final Round
Each year, Alabama Law’s 3L Moot Court Board, led by Professor Kimberly Boone, hosts the 2L Moot Court Competition Final Round. This year’s competition began in January with 48 2L students, eager to enhance their appellate advocacy skills. Each team wrote a brief and presented oral arguments in competition with fellow classmates, receiving valuable feedback…
Eight Appellate Advocacy Clinic Students Argue Before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
This academic year, four pairs of students have been invited to travel to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to present oral arguments as part of their service to The University of Alabama School of Law’s Appellate Advocacy Clinic. Since November, three pairs have already presented their arguments, and the fourth set…
Alabama Law Team Wins First Place at Nelson Mandela International Negotiations Competition
At the 57th Annual National Black Law Students Association Convention in Atlanta, 3Ls Claudia Bonney Amamoo and Tionna Taite represented Alabama Law in the Nelson Mandela International Negotiations Competition, where they competed against 16 other teams from around the country. The team was seeded first after each round, and finished in first place. The team…
Belle Granholm (’24) Receives Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award
Belle Granholm (Class of 2024) has been selected as one of fifteen recipients of the Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Awards, presented by the Burton Awards, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit program run in association with the Library of Congress, presented by lead sponsor Law360, and co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP….
Art Competition Kick-Off for the 25th Anniversary of the Public Interest Institute
The Public Interest Institute at Alabama Law will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025! Students, alumni, and friends of the Law School are invited to help kick off the celebration by submitting an original work of art that represents the theme “Cultivating a lifelong commitment to service.” The winning piece, which will be chosen…
Dorbin Women’s Association Recipient of Public Service Award
Congratulations to our Dorbin Women’s Association on being the 2024 recipients of the NCWBA Public Service Award! Initiated in 1985, The Public Service Award is given annually to a women’s bar association to recognize a wide variety of of outstanding and unique public service projects. For more information about NCWBA’s awards, please click here.
The Summer Scholars Program: Increasing Access to Legal Education
Article Originally Published in the June 2024 edition of the Alabama Association for Justice Journal In Fall 2021, University of Alabama School of Law Professor Anil Mujumdar and former Dean Mark Brandon began a discussion about finding a new way to increase awareness of and access to the legal profession for undergraduate students. A few…