Professor Russell Gold’s article, The Price of Criminal Law, was published in the Arizona State Law Journal. In this article, Gold argues that because the criminal legal system diffuses power and hides and offloads costs, officials and voters do not have to honestly consider how much criminal law enforcement they want. In short, we get more criminal…
The Alabama Law community mourns the passing of a cherished alumnus—Edward Maurice Rogers Sr. Rogers graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1949 and ran a solo practice out of Ensley, Alabama, for over 70 years. He served on the Law School Foundation Board of Directors in 2002-2003 and continued his engagement…
Last week, Delaware became the fourth state to pass Donna’s Law, a bipartisan gun safety measure developed by Professor Fred Vars. This legislation allows vulnerable individuals to take proactive steps to protect themselves from gun-related suicide. Donna’s Law has already been enacted in Washington, Virginia, and Utah. Read more about Donna’s Law in last year’s Capstone…
Professor Clare Ryan’s forthcoming article in the Cornell Law Review, The Public/Private Home, was featured as a recommended read on the Legal Theory Blog by Lawrence Solum. Click here to read the blog post.
Researchers at the University of Alabama have published an article in the American Chemical Society’s ES&T Water journal, An Improved 21st Century Judicial System with Environmental Science Expertise is Needed for Resolving Interstate Water Conflicts, where they show that U.S. Supreme Court Justices lack the scientific expertise necessary to objectively resolve complex interstate groundwater conflicts.…
The Alabama Law community mourns the passing of a cherished alumnus—Everette Tedford Taylor. A prominent leader in the Alabama legal community, Taylor was president of both the Alabama Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association. He served on the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar, and was…
Named with permission of the estate of Nelle Harper Lee, the Finch Initiative launched in 2017 in the town of Andalusia, Alabama, under the guidance of Circuit Judge Ben Bowden (Class of 1992) of the 22nd Judicial Circuit of Alabama in Covington County. The program provides rising 2L or 3L students — designated as Finch…
Alabama Law is proud to welcome the Class of 2027 into the Alabama Law community. Drawn from a competitive pool of over 1,400 applicants, this incoming class consists of 117 students who represent 23 states and have studied at 48 different colleges and universities. In total, members of the 1L class speak nine different languages…
Professor Joyce Vance recently published an article for the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law entitled What’s Ahead for Jack Smith. The article breaks down how the recent Supreme Court decision regarding presidential immunity will affect Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s Washington, D.C. and Florida cases against former president Donald Trump. Click here…
On June 21-22, Alabama Law hosted the 14th Annual Law & Religion Roundtable, in partnership with Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society Institute. Each year, the Roundtable hosts both leading and emerging scholars from law schools across North America—including Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Northwestern, New York University, Notre Dame, and Alabama. The…