Professor Dan Joyner is quoted in The Guardian about the United Kingdom lobbying Congress to support a controversial new warhead for Trident missiles. For more, read “UK Lobbies U.S. to Support Controversial New Nuclear Warheads.”
Alabama Law bid farewell today to third class of the Alabama LSAC Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program. During the closing ceremony, Alabama Law provided certificates of completion to 25 participants and recognized those who had excelled in contracts and legal writing. Teaching assistants also awarded certificates to three students for outstanding leadership. The PLUS program, funded…
Students attending the Alabama LSAC Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program participated in a virtual panel discussion today with lawyers who work for Bradley. Dawn Sharff, the managing partner of Bradley’s Birmingham office, welcomed the students and provided a brief overview of the firm and its 10 offices. Attorneys, including Stanley Blackmon (’15), answered questions about several…
Professor Fred Vars is quoted in the Louisville Courier-Journal about a new law that will create a voluntary gun registry program in Virginia. For more, read “Why This Little-Known Gun Law Lets People Voluntarily Ban Themselves from Owning Guns.”
Professor Joyce White Vance writes an op-ed for TIME magazine about the deployment of federal agents against protestors in Portland. For more, read “Trump’s Use of Federal Agents in Portland May Go Beyond What Is Lawful. Here’s How We Can Get Answers About What’s Going On.”
Taze Shepard (’79), a senior partner at Sparkman, Shepard & Morris P.C. in Huntsville, has been elected 2020-2021 President-Elect of the Alabama State Bar. His term officially began on June 26, 2020, and he will become President in July 2021. “Serving in various leadership roles with the Alabama State Bar and my local bar, I…
Professor Allyson Gold is quoted by AL.com about the impending expiration of the CARES Act and how that will affect utility and housing access for vulnerable Alabamians. For more, read “Loss of Unemployment Benefit Could Devastate Thousands in Alabama.”
Prim Escalona (’08) has been named interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. Escalona, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Affairs, was appointed by U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr. She replaces Jay Town, who stepped down to take a position with a defense contractor. For more, read “Prim…
The Student Bar Association, Black Law Students Association, and the Criminal Law Society will present a virtual town hall on Policing, Systemic Racism, and the Law at 6 p.m. Monday, July 20 on Zoom. The program will feature professors Montre Carodine, Richard Delgado, Yuri Linetsky, Anil Mujumdar, and Jean Stefancic. Professor Bryan Fair will moderate…
Victor Methos, author of “The Hallows,” will receive The University of Alabama School of Law’s 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction during a virtual ceremony. “On the 10th anniversary of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, I am grateful to the selection committee for choosing a novel that clearly illustrates the role of lawyers and…