Professor Joyce White Vance published a new essay titled “Treat Every Defendant Equally and Fairly: Political Interference and the Challenges Facing the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices as the Justice Department Turns 150 Years Old” in the Yale Law Journal as a part of their collection published at the DOJ’s sesquicentennial. Read Professor Vance’s piece here.
News The Gig Economy: Prof. Das Acevedo Looks Beyond the Algorithm Over the past few years, gig workers-individuals who provide services to customers of companies such as Uber, Door Dash and Instacart-have been making headlines as law makers, corporations and workers have tried to navigate the complexities that the gig economy has presented. In 2019,…
Professors Fredrick Vars from The University of Alabama Law School and Ian Ayres of Yale Law School discuss how we can begin reducing gun deaths without infringing on Second Amendment rights. Listen to their interview with Julie Rose on BYU Radio here.
Read Professor Krotoszynski’s Politico Op-Ed titled “How the Senate could Speed Up the Impeachment Trial” here.
In February of 1949, a 26-year-old Black man from the Bessemer, Ala. area by the name of Paul R. Jones was denied admission to The University of Alabama School of Law. The letter he received from the Dean of Admissions made it clear that he was rejected because of the color of his skin. Mr. Jones went on to receive a master’s…
Read Professor Joyce White Vance’s TIME Magazine article titled “There’s No Single Domestic Terrorism Statute. But Those Involved in the Riot at the Capitol May Still Be Prosecuted Under These Laws” here.