December 20th – Asset Protection Strategies for Real Estate December 21st – Tax Efficient Methods of Getting Money out of a Business December 22nd – Generation Skipping Transfer Tax Visit www.clealabama.com to sign up.
John Paul Stevens, retired associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, visited Alabama Law Nov. 16th to present the Fall 2011 Albritton Lecture. Stevens’ visit coincides with a flurry of recent media coverage about the former justice, who recently released the book Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir. In the book, Stevens chronicles his history…
Opportunities to earn CLE credit are plentiful in the month of November, which includes four live seminars and seven teleconferences. Live Seminars: Nov. 4th – Appellate Practice Nov. 11th – Healthcare Law Nov. 18th – Bankruptcy Law Update Nov. 30th – Alabama Update Montgomery Teleconferences: Nov. 1st – Middle Market M & A, Part 1…
Twenty seven recent Alabama Law graduates secured judicial clerkships commencing in 2011. This news is especially impressive given the intense competition for clerkships. According to the New York Times, last year’s clerkship applications exceeded 380,000 for fewer than 1,000 spots. In addition, every student currently ranked in the top 5% of the Class of 2012 has already…
“Matters of Faith: Religious Experience and Legal Response,” part of the Sarat Symposia on Law, Knowledge and Imagination, takes place this Friday, Oct. 14th, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. in the Bedsole Moot Court Room (140). Symposium speakers are: Austin Sarat, Justice Hugo L. Black Visiting Senior Faculty Scholar, The University of Alabama School…
University of Alabama School of Law Professor Dan Joyner visited the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on Sept. 30th, to participate in a panel discussion centered around his new book, Interpreting the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. The panel also included Dr. James Acton of Carnegie and Dr. Christopher Ford, former United States Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation.…
Prof. Andrew Morriss and panel debate whether green jobs should be left to the green marketplace on MSNBC.
The University of Alabama School of Law has once again been named a “Best Value” Law School by National Jurist magazine. UA Law ranked among the top 20 Best Value Law Schools, based on criteria including bar passage rate and percentage of students employed within the first nine months after graduation.
The Confession Named Inaugural Winner of New Legal Literary Award For his work in The Confession, #1 best-selling author John Grisham is being awarded the 2011 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, a new literary award co-sponsored by The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal, the flagship magazine of the American…
Our Reunion Weekend will honor alumni from the Classes of 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2006. The Reunion is Friday, October 7. Room blocks are available now at NorthRiver Yacht Club, Country Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn and the Comfort Inn. Hotel space during home game weekends is limited. This fall, Alabama will…