Paul Goldstein Wins 2013 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction Full Video of Ceremony TUSCALOOSA, Ala., July 12, 2013- For his work in Havana Requiem, Professor of Law and Author Paul Goldstein will receive the 2013 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The prize, co-sponsored by The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal,…
Professor Montré Carodine’s article “Fix Legal Education: Send Law Profs Back to the ‘Real World'” was recently published in the digital magazine Ozymandias. “We are using the same old approach to teaching students that schools used over 100 years ago, tuition is higher than ever, and traditional legal jobs are scarce. So how can we fix…
Northwestern University Football players spent last week giving testimony before the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C. The question being raised is whether Northwestern football players should have the right to collectively bargain as university employees. Click here to read the full New York Times article.
Nathan Cordle, a 2L student, attended the American Bar Association Law Student Division’s 10th Circuit Spring Meeting in Memphis, TN. The 10th Circuit, recently formed, is comprised of nine law schools, including Alabama Law, from Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. Nathan was elected as the inaugural governor of the 10th Circuit.
February 2014 2014 Farrah Law Alumni Banquet — R.S.V.P Today! There is still time to R.S.V.P. for the Farrah Law Alumni Banquet. Join us Friday, February 21, at Regions Field. Not a Farrah Member? Click here to join. NYT v. Sullivan Symposium The Alabama Law Review will host a symposium to mark the 50th anniversary…
The Alabama Law Review will host a symposium to mark the 50th anniversary of New York Times v. Sullivan on February 28, 2014, at The University of Alabama School of Law. New York Times v. Sullivan is one of the most important cases in the history of First Amendment jurisprudence. Famously described by a noted…
The Honorable Janie Ledlow Shores is featured in an article by the GulfCoastNewsToday.com. This 1959 graduate of The University of Alabama School of Law entered her 1L year as one of five women at the law school. She went on to be the editor of the Alabama Law Review and graduated at the top of…
The fourth annual Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, co-sponsored by the Law School and the ABA Journal, is now accepting entries for the 2014 prize. Please visit www.HarperLeePrize.com to find out more information.
2014 Farrah Law Alumni Society Banquet Make plans to attend the 2014 Farrah Law Alumni Society Banquet, Friday, February 21, at Regions Field in Birmingham. Farrah Law Alumni Society members will receive invitations in the mail. If you are not yet a member, take a few minutes and join the Farrah Law Alumni Society today.…
Professor Paul Horwitz’s First Amendment Institutions has been named one of the “Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013” by the American Library Association’s Choice magazine. Read more about First Amendment Institutions.