Eunji Jo (’17), Briana Knox (’17) and Mary Lauren Kulovitz (’17) will proceed to the National Moot Court Competition in New York City after Alabama Law defeated Belmont University and was named Regional Champion in Oxford, Mississippi. Within a field of 11 teams, the 2L Moot Court Fellows compiled a perfect record, defeating law school teams…
Professor Daniel H. Joyner will deliver three presentations in the United Kingdom to help support his forthcoming book, Iran’s Nuclear Program and International Law. Professor Joyner’s first presentation is on a panel at the University of Westminster, in London, along with two former British diplomats: Sir Richard Dalton and Peter Jenkins. The panel discussion will…
Professor John Gross recently wrote an op-ed for AL.com that Americans should know their constitutional rights when dealing with police officers. Earlier this week, in response to a noise complaint, members of the Tuscaloosa Police Department forced their way into an apartment, dragged three University of Alabama students out and then proceeded to use a Taser and…
Professor Jenny Carroll told the Associated Press the case of the 8-year-old boy who was charged with murder in juvenile court may be challenging because of the boy’s age. Birmingham police say Katerra Marsha Lewis, 26, and a friend left the 8-year-old boy to watch over five younger children while the women went to a…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 2 in Spokeo v. Robins, a Fair Credit Reporting Act case that will address whether a person may bring a lawsuit when a company violates a federal privacy law. A ruling that Congress can’t create a statutory right to sue without evidence of a concrete harm raises…
The University of Alabama School of Law will host a symposium on Legal Ethics Surrounding E-Discovery and Technology Law at 9:15 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13 at the Law School. The symposium is co-sponsored by The Journal of the Legal Profession and will be held in the Judge Seybourn H. Lynne Lecture Hall in Room A255.…
On November 3, Birmingham Chief of Police A.C. Roper guest lectured in Professor Montré Carodine’s Major Race Trials class. Chief Roper discussed the challenges facing law enforcement today and outlined strategies for more effective policing of all communities, including communities of color. He also engaged the students in a roundtable style discussion and took their…
The University of Alabama School of Law announces today the launch of The Business of Being a Lawyer video library which integrates the “real world” practice of law with legal education. Two years in the making, the BBL video library is the first of its kind in legal education. The BBL library provides more than…
Law School Ranks in Top 10 for “Best Value” for Fifth Consecutive Year The University of Alabama School of Law is ranked 5th among the nation’s “Best Value Law Schools,” according to The National Jurist magazine’s rankings for 2015. This is the ninth time since 2004 The National Jurist magazine has published the list, and…
Professor Stephen Rushin recently told the Los Angeles Times the Obama administration has taken police departments to court over allegations of misconduct or violations of civil rights. “Under Bush, the Department of Justice took the view that they could not force, or did not want to force, police departments into court,” said Rushin, an expert on…