UA Law students Kimberly Jones (‘17) and Francisco Canales (‘17) represented the Law School at the Hispanic National Bar Association Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition March 30-April 1 in Miami. This year’s problem was based upon Beckles v. United States, a recently decided Supreme Court case. The problem raised complicated issues concerning the constitutionality of…
Debbie Long (‘80), Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer for Protective Life Corporation, will deliver the University of Alabama School of Law commencement address at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 7, at Coleman Coliseum. Long joined Protective Life as General Counsel in 1992. Prior to joining the company, she was a member of the…
Professor Bryan Fair and Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray had “A Conversation about Jim Crow Policy” on March 31 at the symposium on Bending the Arc of History: African-Americans and The University of Alabama School of Law. Gray said his mother gave him three goals as a child: Keep Christ first in his life, stay…
UA Law students Kristen Campbell (’17) and Bridget Harris (’17) advanced to the final four in the National Trial Competition. As the Southeast regional champion, the University of Alabama School of Law team advanced to the national finals in Fort Worth, Texas, with the top 28 teams. After four elimination rounds, the final four teams…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Two members of The University of Alabama School of Law faculty will be honored for their research contributions at the upcoming Faculty Research Day. Sixteen faculty members from across the University were chosen as finalists for President’s Faculty Research Award, and six winners will be announced at a ceremony at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday,…
Professor Paul Horwitz is quoted in the Houston Chronicle about a federal lawsuit against a sitting justice of the peace. For more, read “Courtroom Prayers Draw Federal Lawsuit Against Montgomery Co. JP.“
UA Law students Amber Hall (’18), Tori McCarthy ‘(18), Sloane M. Bell (’18) and Jessica M. Pagano (’18) competed in the final round of the John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition on March 22. The distinguished panel for the round included the Honorable M. Casey Rodgers, United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida;…
Frances Isbell, a third-year law student, has been named one of 25 Law Students of the Year by National Jurist magazine. Isbell received the honor because she was one of 16 graduate students of the inaugural class of the Albert Schweitzer Fellows at University of Alabama School of Law. She’s using her fellowship to help and…
The University of Alabama School of Law is ranked 26th among the nation’s top law schools, both public and private, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Graduate Schools” rankings for 2018. The U.S. News rankings of 197 law schools fully accredited by the American Bar Association are based on a weighted average of the…
News Law School Hosts Symposium on The Legacy of To Kill a Mockingbird: Advocacy in an Unjust Society 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…