Category: Students
Alabama Law Welcomes the Class of 2027
Alabama Law is proud to welcome the Class of 2027 into the Alabama Law community. Drawn from a competitive pool of over 1,400 applicants, this incoming class consists of 117 students who represent 23 states and have studied at 48 different colleges and universities. In total, members of the 1L class speak nine different languages…
Alabama Law Grad Receives EJW Fellowship
Earlier this summer, Cecilia Ballinger (’24) was named to the Class of 2024 Equal Justice Works fellows. Ballinger, a 2024 graduate of Alabama Law, clerked with Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) during the school year and throughout the summer while she was a student. The Equal Justice Works fellowship, which allows lawyers to continue to…
Alabama Law Celebrates the Class of 2024
On Sunday, May 5, The University of Alabama School of Law honored 161 graduates at its annual Commencement Ceremony at Coleman Coliseum. Among the graduates, 153 received Juris Doctor degrees—including one student who also earned a dual degree in Business Administration and six students who earned dual JD/LL.M degrees. An additional eight members of the…
Alabama Law Students Successful in Criminal Defense Clinic
Simone Hampton, Aleah Brown, and Virginia Willis, students in the Criminal Defense Clinic at The University of Alabama School of Law, recently secured the early release of a woman who was subject to abuse and retaliation by prison staff while incarcerated at FCI Dublin in California. The prison has been under investigation for some time,…
Alabama Law BLSA Chapter Renamed in Honor of Professor Fair
During its annual spring banquet, the Executive Board of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Alabama Law announced that it has unanimously voted to rename its chapter the Bryan K. Fair Black Law Students Association. Professor Fair, who is the Thomas E. Skinner Professor of Law at Alabama Law, has served (and continues to…
From High School Dropout to Law School Valedictorian
Swapanthi Mandalika-Reeves, whose academic journey began as a high school dropout, shares how service to others helped her overcome her own challenges and changed the trajectory of her career. In late 2023, Swapanthi received the Women’s White Collar Defense Association’s (WWCDA) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Outstanding Law Student Award–a national honor granted to one law…
Alabama Law 3L Has Two Articles Accepted for Publication
3L Caroline Hall had two articles accepted for publication this semester. Her paper, Finfluencing, has been published in the Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report. You can read the full piece on SSRN here. Her forthcoming article, I See You: Examining GPS Technology Under Alabama’s Criminal Code will appear in Volume 75, Issue 3 of the Alabama…
Alabama Law Federalist Society Named Chapter of the Year
The Federalist Society student organization at Alabama Law was recently named Chapter of the Year—the highest honor a Federalist Society chapter can attain—at the 2024 National Student Symposium. The event was hosted by the Federalist Society at Harvard Law School, where the Alabama Law chapter was also recognized as a finalist for the George Washington…
Alabama Law BLSA Mock Trial Team Places Second at Nationals
This month, 3L students Aleah Brown, Hannah King, Carmen Paige, and Simone Hampton took second place—out of sixty teams—at the Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition during the National Black Law Students Association Conference hosted in Houston, Texas. In addition, both Brown and King received near-perfect scores during the preliminary rounds and were named best…
Alabama Law BLSA Trial Team Advances to Nationals
Last weekend, 3Ls Aleah Brown, Hannah King, Carmen Paige, and Simone Hampton competed in the Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition during the Southern Regional Black Law School Student’s Association Conference. The team finished 3rd in the region and will advance to the national competition in Houston, Texas from March 6-9. Additionally, Aleah Brown was…