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Professor Gold Publishes with Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press recently released The Oxford Handbook of Prosecutors and Prosecution, which is co-edited by Professors Russell Gold (Alabama Law), Ronald F. Wright (Wake Forest Law), and Kay L. Levine (Emory University School of Law).  In addition to serving as co-editor, Professor Gold also authored a chapter in that volume and co-authored the introduction.…


Professor Vance Coauthors Opinion Piece for The Washington Post

Professor Joyce Vance recently coauthored an Opinion piece with Laurence H. Tribe (Harvard Law School) and Barbara McQuade (University of Michigan Law School) in The Washington Post. The article is titled Here’s a roadmap for the Justice Department to follow in investigating Trump which can be accessed on The Washington Post website.


Alabama Law Welcomes the Class of 2024

On Monday, August 9, Dean Mark E. Brandon welcomed the Class of 2024 during the opening day of First-Year Orientation. In his speech, Brandon highlighted that the incoming class consists of 152 students—drawn from a pool of over 1,500 applicants. More than 50 percent of the 1Ls are women and just under 20 percent identify…


Professor Vance Authors Opinion Piece for MSNBC

Professor Joyce Vance authored an opinion piece for MSNBC titled Britney Spears finally won the right to pick her own lawyer. Here’s why that matters.                  


Professor Vance Speaks About Jan. 6th for Just Security & Cafe

Professor Joyce Vance interviewed for for Cafe.com on Reading the Tea Leaves of the first January 6 Sentencing  and coauthored a piece for Just Security.org on a similar subject titled Questions the January 6 Select Committee Should Ask Its Witnesses.


Professor Grove Publishes in the Columbia Law Review

Professor Tara Leigh Grove recently published her article Sacrificing Legitimacy in a Hierarchical Judiciary in the Columbia Law Review. To learn more, download the full article on SSRN.


Professor Vance Authors Piece for MSNBC

Professor Joyce Vance authored an Opinion piece for MSNBC this week titled What Biden’s speech defending voting rights was missing.