On Sunday, May 5, The University of Alabama School of Law honored 161 graduates at its annual Commencement Ceremony at Coleman Coliseum. Among the graduates, 153 received Juris Doctor degrees—including one student who also earned a dual degree in Business Administration and six students who earned dual JD/LL.M degrees. An additional eight members of the…
Simone Hampton, Aleah Brown, and Virginia Willis, students in the Criminal Defense Clinic at The University of Alabama School of Law, recently secured the early release of a woman who was subject to abuse and retaliation by prison staff while incarcerated at FCI Dublin in California. The prison has been under investigation for some time,…
Professor Russell Gold was recently selected to participate in the inaugural UA Faculty Fellows Program presented by the UA Teaching Academy. The competitive two-year program provides opportunities for networking, scholarship, professional development and mentorship. The program is designed to foster a standard of excellence within the faculty at The University of Alabama. To learn more…
Professor Shalini Bhargava Ray received UA’s President’s Faculty Research Award at the annual Faculty Research Day on April 22. The award recognizes outstanding research/creative productivity and scholarship. Ray was named as one of three “emerging scholars” across the University of Alabama.
On May 3, former interim dean and professor Thomas L. Jones and Alabama Law alumni Albert P. Brewer (’52) and Ralph I. Knowles (’69) were inducted into the Alabama State Bar Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was established in 2000 to recognize and memorialize lawyers in the State of Alabama for…
During its annual spring banquet, the Executive Board of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Alabama Law announced that it has unanimously voted to rename its chapter the Bryan K. Fair Black Law Students Association. Professor Fair, who is the Thomas E. Skinner Professor of Law at Alabama Law, has served (and continues to…
Swapanthi Mandalika-Reeves, whose academic journey began as a high school dropout, shares how service to others helped her overcome her own challenges and changed the trajectory of her career. In late 2023, Swapanthi received the Women’s White Collar Defense Association’s (WWCDA) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Outstanding Law Student Award–a national honor granted to one law…
With heavy hearts, the Alabama Law community mourns the passing of our alumnus, colleague, and friend—Bob Prince (Class of 1974). In addition to his role as senior partner at Prince Glover Hayes P.C., Bob served as an adjunct professor at the Law School where he taught and coached Trial Advocacy for 40 years. Earlier this…
Professor Yonathan Arbel co-authored an essay in Lawfare about artificial intelligence regulation, and was quoted in a Bloomberg Law article about the impact of ChatGPT on contract law. Read the Lawfare essay by clicking here, and the Bloomberg Law piece here.
3L Caroline Hall had two articles accepted for publication this semester. Her paper, Finfluencing, has been published in the Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report. You can read the full piece on SSRN here. Her forthcoming article, I See You: Examining GPS Technology Under Alabama’s Criminal Code will appear in Volume 75, Issue 3 of the Alabama…