Bill Bostick, a Circuit Court Judge for the 18th Judicial Circuit of Alabama (Shelby County), has spent his entire professional life in public service. After earning an undergraduate degree from Birmingham Southern College and a J.D. from The University of Alabama School of Law in 1992, Judge Bostick spent the next 18 years as a…
Professor Fredrick Vars is quoted in various news outlets in Alabama about a voluntary Do Not Sell list to prevent gun suicides. For more, read or view: “UA Professor Hopes Study Leads to New Gun Law“ “Alabama Study Supports Voluntary Do Not Sell List to Prevent Gun Suicides”
News Law School Presents Meador Lectures Renowned legal scholars visited the University of Alabama School of Law for the Meador Lectures. The 2016 lecture series focused on the topic of Identity and included lectures by Professors Richard Delgado, The University of Alabama School of Law; Janet Halley, Harvard Law School; Saul Levmore, The University of…
As a Staff Attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center, Latasha L. McCrary (’08) works on behalf of more than 24,000 individuals incarcerated in Alabama’s prisons. The SPLC, a civil rights organization based in Montgomery, filed a federal lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections in 2014, claiming the department doesn’t provide adequate medical and…
The Birmingham Business Journal has named its Rising Stars of Law for 2016, and nearly half of those listed are graduates of the University of Alabama School of Law. The list takes a look at 30 up-and-coming attorney’s in Birmingham. Law School graduates who made the list are: Trey Abbott (’09) Greg Brockwell (’02) Prim…
A new study, led by UA School of Law Professor Fredrick Vars, suggests many patients at risk for suicide would voluntarily place their name on a Do Not Sell list, prohibiting gun shops from immediately selling them a firearm. The study, published today in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, says nearly half of the 200 people…
Tyrell F. Jordan (’04) has created a $25,000 endowed undergraduate scholarship to support students from underrepresented urban communities. Jordan, a product of the Birmingham City Schools, earned an undergraduate degree in accounting from UA in 2001. The scholarship was announced Sept. 26 during “Coming Back, Giving Back,” a dinner gathering hosted by the Division of…
The New York Times cites the Cornell Law Review article, “De-Policing,” written by Professor Stephen Rushin and University of Alabama Birmingham Professor Griffin Edwards. “In a paper soon to be published, they examine what happens to local crime rates when police departments come to the attention of the federal government for systematically violating civil rights, or,…
University of Alabama School of Law students conducted critical outreach to pre-law students at The Third Annual National HBCU Pre-Law Diversity Summit and Expo at the Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta. Briana Knox (’17) and Samantha Pline (’17) spoke on the LSAT Success Strategies panel where they shared their stories of how…
Professor Pam Bucy Pierson discusses Acting Chief Justice Lyn Stuart, who replaced former Chief Justice Roy Moore, with Fox 6 in Birmingham and NBC 12 in Montgomery.