News Preserving Class Composites: A Window to Our Past In 2019, David (’00) and Laura Drinkard Hodge (’00) committed $30,000 to the Law School Foundation to create the Class Composite Preservation Project Fund. The goal of this fund is to digitize and preserve composite photos from graduating classes throughout the years, making them accessible for…
In 2019, David (’00) and Laura Drinkard Hodge (’00) made a generous donation to the Law School Foundation to create the Class Composite Preservation Project Fund. The goal of this fund is to digitize and preserve the composite photos from graduating classes throughout the years, making them accessible for future generations to view. As time…
Professor Fredrick Vars published an opinion piece titled Dangerous and Discriminatory: Mental Health Questions on Bar Applications in Jurist Legal News and Commentary. Read the full article here. He was also quoted in the article The Voluntary Gun Law Preventing Suicides in reasons to be cheerful. You can read the full piece here.
This past summer, Alabama Law students Katie Hill, Meghan McLeroy, Kelsey Marie Perine, and Maya Stevenson were selected as fellows in The Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program. This program provides financial support to law students who choose to spend their summers in unpaid legal public interest internships. This was the first year…
News Alabama Law Welcomes the Class of 2025 As a new school year begins, Alabama Law is proud to welcome the Class of 2025. This year’s new incoming group consists of 149 students-drawn from a competitive pool of over 1,700 applicants. Read more about the new 1L Class online. Nominations Open for Alabama Alumni Awards…
Professor John Acevedo recently published an article titled Law’s Gaze in volume 25 of The Journal of Gender, Race and Justice. You can read the full piece here.
This year, the University of Alabama School of Law hosted its first-ever Summer Scholars program—a unique opportunity that introduces the study of law to students who come from backgrounds that have historically been underrepresented within the legal profession. Made possible through the generous support of the University of Alabama System’s McMahon-Pleiad Prize, the Alabama Civil…
Professor Shalini Bhargava Ray’s essay, Immigration Enforcement Priorities and Presidential Duty, was recently published in Lawfare. You can read the full piece here.
Three new professors—Clare Ryan, Luke Herrine, and Stacey Bergstrom—have joined the faculty at Alabama Law this year. Learn about their education, areas of expertise, and backgrounds below. Clare Ryan, Assistant Professor of Law Professor Ryan holds a J.D. and Ph.D. in Law from Yale Law School. She writes and teaches in the areas of family…
As a new school year begins, Alabama Law is proud to welcome the Class of 2025. This year’s new incoming group consists of 149 students—drawn from a competitive pool of over 1,700 applicants. Students from this class represent 24 states and 65 different colleges and universities. Nearly half of the new 1L students are women…