Law School Launches Brick Campaign The Law School is expanding the Legacy Plaza located on the west side of the building. Legacy Plaza brick sizes are 4″ x 8″ and 8″ x 8″ and can include personalization. For $500, a 4″ x 8″ brick can include up to three lines of text. For $1,000, an…
Just a few months ago, Charles Fry (‘99) represented Dr. David Kimberlin, a UAB Medicine and Children’s of Alabama pediatric infectious disease physician, as he testified before the U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging about the effects of a price increase of Daraprim from $13.50 per pill to $750 per pill. Dr. Kimberlin testified that…
Congratulations to Samuel N. Crosby (’78), the recipient of the 2016 Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award. Crosby received the award at the Farrah Law Alumni Society Banquet Friday at the Law School. The award is given to an outstanding alumnus of the University of Alabama School of Law who has distinguished himself or herself…
Sam Grimes (’16), John Hundscheid (’16), and Irene Motles (’16) competed against tax teams from across the country in the National Tax Moot Court Competition in St. Petersburg, Florida. The UA Law tax team was one of only three teams to win both its preliminary rounds and automatically advance to the quarterfinals. In the preliminary…
Ben Richardson (’16), Chris Becker (’16), and Robby Marcum (’16) won the David Sive Award for Best Brief. The competition problem involved six complicated issues under the Clean Air Act. The team advanced to the final round in oral arguments, clearing three preliminary rounds, the quarter-final round, and the semi-final round. In the final round, the team argued in…
Elliott Bell (’16), Barrett Bowdre (’16), Grant Luiken (’16), Logan Matthews (’16), Caitlyn Prichard (’16) and Angela Selvaggio (’16) competed for Alabama in the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition. These two teams competed with 30 other teams in the Philadelphia regional. About 190 teams compete in this elite ABA program nationally. For two years in a row, Alabama was…
Professor Stephen Rushin recently commented in The Boston Globe that police reform comes at a cost. In Ferguson, Missouri, city leaders say the costs associated with a consent decree could consume more than one-fourth of its annual operating budget. “There’s never been a concerted national effort to really spend a lot of money to address police misconduct,” Rushin said.…
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) visited the Law School and offered advice to law students. Rep. Sewell is serving her third term as the U.S. Representative of Alabama’s 7th Congressional District. She is one of the first women elected to Congress from Alabama and is the first black woman to serve in the Alabama Congressional delegation.…
“We at the University of Alabama School of Law were saddened to hear of the passing of Nelle Harper Lee,” said Dean Mark E. Brandon. “Her death is a loss not only to the School of Law, which she attended, but also to the State of Alabama, the nation, and the world. In To Kill…
Professor Stephen Rushin recently commented in The Wall Street Journal and PBS Frontline on the Justice Department’s lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri. The lawsuit came after the Ferguson City Council voted to change a proposed consent decree to reform the police and courts. The council said the package, which had been negotiated between the…