The University of Alabama’s newest student residence hall has been named for one of the University’s and state’s greatest civic leaders, the Honorable John H. England Jr. (’74), a member of the Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama System and circuit judge in Tuscaloosa. UA President Stuart R. Bell made the surprise announcement…
News Senator Richard Shelby Receives 2019 Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award Senator Richard Shelby (’63) received the 2019 Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award at the Alabama Law Alumni Society Banquet in Birmingham. The award is given by The Law School Foundation to an outstanding alumnus who has distinguished himself or herself through service…
The Law School hosted 75 undergraduate students from across the state of Alabama and Florida for its 2019 #DiversityMatters Open House on Friday, February 8. Dean Mark E. Brandon welcomed the students, and Professor Montre Carodine provided a legal education overview. Students received information about how to apply to law school and attended a mock…
Professor Joyce White Vance writes, along with Matthew Miller, an op-ed in The Washington Post about President Trump facing jeopardy in at least three federal investigations. For more, read “The Mueller Investigation Has Sprouted. Therein Lies the Jeopardy for Trump.”
Professor Jenny Carroll discusses on NPR a report that clears an Alabama police officer who fired shots that killed a 21-year-old man on Thanksgiving night at a Hoover mall. For more, listen to “Alabama Officer Cleared In Fatal Shooting.”
Senator Richard Shelby (’63) received the 2019 Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award at the Alabama Law Alumni Society Banquet in Birmingham. The award is given by The Law School Foundation to an outstanding alumnus who has distinguished himself or herself through service to the bar, The University of Alabama, and the School of Law.…
Darrius Culpepper, 3L, Maya Hoyt, 2L, Florence Thompson, 3L, and Alex Williams, 2L, competed against 13 other teams from across the southeast during the National Black Law Students Association’s Southern Regional Competition held at The University of Memphis School of Law. The students advanced to the quarterfinal round of the tournament and defeated the highest seeded team from…
Lindsey Barber, Cory Church, and Anne Miles Golson, all 2Ls, won the 69th Annual National Moot Court Competition in New York. This is the first championship for The University of Alabama in the event’s history. The Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law’s team won two preliminary rounds and then defeated William & Mary in the Round…
Professor Joyce White Vance writes an op-ed for USA Today about why Americans should have faith in the Mueller investigation. For more, read “Here’s why you should have faith in Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation.”
Legal scholars, judges, and former law clerks gathered at the School of Law on Friday to reflect on the life and legacy of Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. The Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. Centennial Symposium and Law Clerks Reunion celebrated Judge Johnson in the centennial year of his birth and focused on his commitment to…