Year 2018

Professor Fred Vars appears on WBRC Fox 6 and discusses a study that shows gun waiting periods reduce suicides by 2 to 5 percent.

Professor Joyce White Vance writes an op-ed in USA Today with John McKay about how President Trump has violated constitutional limits on interference for self-interest. For more, read “Pardon offers? Trump Russia Interference Violates Constitution and His Oath.”

Alabama Law is excited to announce four new members of our faculty. Their arrival strengthens the academic offerings available to our students and increases the level of quality scholarship produced by our faculty. All four will arrive this summer, and teach their first courses to our students during the 2018-19 academic year. Deepa Das Acevedo…

News Alabama Law Hosts Symposium on Life After Scalia: Justice Gorsuch and Modern Textualism on the Supreme Court Legal scholars discussed the future of textualism on the U.S. Supreme Court Friday, March 23, at The University of Alabama School of Law. The occasion was a symposium on Life After Scalia: Justice Gorsuch and Modern Textualism…

David McAdams, 2L, Kenton McGalliard, 3L, and Meighan Parker, 3L, performed well at the Bryant National Health Law Transactional Moot Court Competition held in Chicago on March 23. As participants in the competition, McAdams, McGalliard, and Parker prepared a memorandum analyzing a hypothetical health care client’s position in the face of a proposed acquisition and then…

Tyler Foster, Brenton Smith, Laura Stephenson, and Kory Queen, all 2Ls, competed in the final round of the John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition on Wednesday, March 28. These two teams were the last standing in a competitive field of 32 teams. A distinguished panel served as judges for the final round. They were: The…

The Dorbin Association donated $13,000 to Turning Point Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services on March 27. The donation is the largest in the association’s history, and leaders said they were honored to raise the money for an organization that supports women.  Turning Point serves nine counties throughout West Alabama, providing services to more than…

Professor Ronald Krotoszynski, Jr. appears on WWL in New Orleans and a discusses Louisiana bill that would allow schools to display “In God We Trust” on buildings.    

Legal scholars discussed the future of textualism on the U.S. Supreme Court Friday, March 23, at The University of Alabama School of Law. The occasion was a symposium on Life After Scalia: Justice Gorsuch and Modern Textualism on the Supreme Court. The conference examined the form textualism may take on the Court and how Justice…

International attorney Owen Pell, partner at White & Case and the President of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, visited Alabama Law Tuesday and discussed the critical role the legal community can play in promoting civil and institutional safeguards and access to justice for minority and diaspora communities. “Lawyers are often the bridge,” Pell…