Category: Students
Alabama Law Students Named 2022 Stevens Public Interest Fellows
This past summer, Alabama Law students Katie Hill, Meghan McLeroy, Kelsey Marie Perine, and Maya Stevenson were selected as fellows in The Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program. This program provides financial support to law students who choose to spend their summers in unpaid legal public interest internships. This was the first year…
Alabama Law Healthcare Transactional Team Places Second at National Competition
On March 25, Alabama Law Healthcare Transactional team members Taylor Steen (2L), Brenna Johnson (2L), and Courtney Zotaj (2L)—coached by Professor Benjamin McMichael—took second place at the 11th Annual L. Edward Bryant, Jr. National Health Law Transactional Competition hosted virtually by Loyola University Chicago School of Law. The team was supported by Professor Bill Brewbaker,…
Alabama Law Wins National Tax Moot Court Competition
Last week, Tax Moot Court team members Tanner Ary, Emily Ellis, and Curtis Graves—coached by Clay Staggs (’96)—were named the overall champions at the Florida State Bar’s National Tax Moot Court competition in Miami. In addition to winning the competition, the team was awarded runner-up for best brief, and Curtis Graves finished as the runner-up…
Bruce Siegal Intellectual Property Moot Court Team Places Third at Regional Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
The Bruce Siegal Intellectual Property Moot Court Team consisting of Marcus Armband, Cole Chessar, Sam Renshaw and Adam Williams took third place at the Southeastern Regional of the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition. The team is coached by Vice Dean Alana Durham.
Environmental Moot Court Team Wins Best Brief
Third-year students Charles Miller, Margot Blaire Woolverton, and Amanda West recently competed in the country’s most prestigious environmental law moot court competition—The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC)—hosted virtually by the Elizabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in New York. This year, fifty-two teams competed, making it one of…
Top Eight National Finish for Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Team
Last week, members of the Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court team competed at the 30th Annual Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition—one of the nation’s preeminent and largest single site moot court competitions. This year, a total of 47 teams from across the country participated at the event hosted in New York at St. John’s University School…
Three Alabama Law Students Donate Kidneys
Alabama Law 3Ls Angelica Mamani, Katrina Smith, and Ryne Smith each donated a kidney to save the lives of three people they previously didn’t know. Each year across the nation only 200 of all kidney donations come from people who do not know the recipient. We are honored to have three of those 200 walking…
Alabama Law Mock Trial Team Receives High Praise at Tournament
Last weekend, the Alabama Law Mock Trial Teams consisting of Adelaide Beckman (3L), Raine Cook (2L), and Amy Harper (3L), Walker Kowalchyk (2L), Jeremy Martin (2L), Julie Newton (2L), Jillian Vice (2L), and Louisa Chafee Weiss (2L), and under the direction of Professor Yuri Linestsky, competed against 18 teams in the Case Classic Mock Trial…
Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Team Performs Strongly at Competition
Alabama Law students Ben Grimes, Robby Moore, and David Wickenheiser performed well in the 15th Annual Emory Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition in October. Twenty-eight teams from across the country participated in the Zoom-based competition. The Alabama Law team, coached by Professor Kimberly Boone, made it to the quarterfinals and went on to…
Alabama Law Student Receives Prestigious Scholarship
Alabama Law 2L, Crystal Armstrong, recently received the 2022 Deborah J. Broyles Diverse Scholar Award from the global law firm, Reed Smith LLP. The Deborah J. Broyles Diverse Scholar Award offers a $20,000 scholarship and summer associate position to two law students nationwide who demonstrate academic excellence, are committed to DE&I, and serve as…