Professor William Andreen is quoted in Circle of Blue about President Trump’s call for two federal agencies to review the Clean Water Act. For more, read “Clean Water Rule Repeal Cannot Come at a Pen Stroke.”
Keith Norman (’81) has excelled at service-oriented leadership. For 23 years, he has been the Executive Director of the Alabama State Bar, the licensing and regulatory authority for more than 18,000 lawyers. There, he manages 45 employees and administers licensing, admissions, discipline and continuing legal education. In June, Norman will retire from the position and leave…
Professor Montre’ D. Carodine was the featured speaker for Alabama State University’s annual Distinguished Lecture Series on Sunday, March 5. Carodine addressed the theme, “The Continuing Search for Human and Civil Rights in America: The Law, Race and Justice.” “These are tough times, so the topic is a timely one,” Carodine said. “These are hostile…
Today the Public Interest Institute held its fourth annual Career Fair at the law school. Public interest organizations and government agencies from around the state spent the day talking with students and conducting interviews for summer internships. This year, 30 employers registered and more than 60 students participated in interviews and table talks. Participating organizations…
The Jessup International Law Moot Court team traveled to New Orleans this past weekend to compete in the regional rounds. David Morton (’17 ), Liesel Carmen-Burks (’17), James Artzer (’17 ), Hannah McGee (’17 ) and Reid Harris (’17) made a strong showing, progressing to the quarterfinal rounds before being eliminated. They won a top memorial award, and…
Some of the nation’s foremost experts on the intersection of law and literature discussed the moral significance of Harper Lee’s novels Friday, March 3, at The University of Alabama School of Law. The occasion was a symposium on The Legacy of To Kill a Mockingbird: Advocacy in an Unjust Society. The conference explored the life and…
Moriah S. Smoot (’19) has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for law students. The scholarship, awarded by national intellectual property firm Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., will provide Smoot with $5,000 for her upcoming fall semester of law school. The scholarship is open to all law students who…
Magda Brown’s family lost their jobs, their homes and their freedom. Then they lost each other. Brown recounted at the University of Alabama School of Law how she survived the Holocaust and how her parents were sent to the gas chambers. She had lived a normal life, until the laws in Hungary began to strip…
Congratulations are in order for the National Environmental Law Moot Court Team – Robby Anderson (‘17), Carrington Jackson (‘17), Katlyn Stricklend (‘17) and student coach and advisor, Haley Cobb (‘18). The team performed admirably well at the National Competition, which was held Thursday through Saturday, March 2-4, in New York City. Sixty-four law schools competed…
Two UA Law teams competed in the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition in Philadelphia. UA Law students Eunji Jo (’17), Briana Knox (’17) and MaryLauren Kulovitz (’17), Allison Garnett, (’17) Sarah Jackson (’17) and Park Wynn (’17) competed in this elite competition, which has six regions and about 200 teams. This year’s case tested a university’s duties…