Professor Al Brophy appears live on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal and discusses the removal of Confederate statues. For more, read “Al Brophy on the Removal of Confederate Statues.”
Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will participate in a conversation with Dean Mark E. Brandon and Judge William Harold Albritton III at The University of Alabama School of Law for the Fall 2017 Albritton Lecture Sept. 12. “We are pleased and honored to be able to welcome Justice…
News U.S. Supreme Court Justice to Visit Alabama Law for Albritton Lecture Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will participate in a conversation with Dean Mark E. Brandon and Judge William Harold Albritton III at The University of Alabama School of Law for the Fall 2017 Albritton Lecture Sept.…
Professor Al Brophy is quoted in FiveThirtyEight, Vox, and CNN about the removal of Confederate statues. For more, read: “There Are Still More Than 700 Confederate Monuments in the U.S.” “Why You See Swastikas in America but not Germany.”
Professor Joyce Vance, a former U.S. Attorney, talks with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow about what can be inferred from the details and the timing of the FBI raid on the home of former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. For more, watch “Details of FBI Raid on Manafort Home Raise New Questions.”
Justice Janie Shores, celebrated alumna of the Law School, has passed away at the age of 85. She grew up in Baldwin County, took her bachelor’s degree from Samford University, and earned her law degree from Alabama Law in 1959. Her notes and outlines at the School of Law were legendary; for years after she…
The University of Alabama School of Law announces the hiring of six new faculty members: Professors Yonathan Arbel, Alfred Brophy, Courtney Cross, Allyson Gold, Shalini Ray, and Philip Reich. Professor Arbel is an expert on the enforcement of contracts and commercial obligations. His work covers not only contracts, but also commercial law, torts, and consumer…
Purple Heart recipients will soon have premium parking privileges at The University of Alabama. On Aug. 9 at 11 a.m., UA will unveil a parking space in the Ferguson Center lot designated for veterans who have received the Purple Heart, an award given to men or women who have either been wounded or killed in…
Dean Mark E. Brandon applauded the Class of 2020 for being “a distinguished group by any proper measure” during First-Year Orientation. The class has 126 students and was drawn from a pool of more than 1,500 applicants. Forty-five percent of the class members are women, and 19 percent identify as members of a racial or…
Professor Ronald Krotoszynski discusses with WWL host Tommy Tucker whether a government employee could refuse to carry out an order or command that may be unconstitutional. For more, listen to “Could a Government Employee Refuse an Order that May Be Unconstitutional?”