Professor of Law S. Sean Tu is the lead author of a new study, published Sept. 28 in JAMA, that examines the patent portfolios of every FDA-approved small-molecule drug over a 30-year period. The article, “Patents on Small-Molecule Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, 1990-2019,” brings together researchers from the University of…
Alabama Law Alumni Gather at Huntsville’s New Federal Courthouse Alabama Law alumni gathered in Huntsville this summer for a reception inside the Northern District of Alabama’s newly dedicated federal courthouse, bringing together graduates who last shared a classroom years or decades ago. The event reflects the Law School’s ongoing effort to keep alumni connected to…
The University of Alabama School of Law and the Alabama Law Review hosted the Retaliation and the Rule of Law Symposium on Friday, Sept. 25, bringing leading scholars, current and former federal officials, and practitioners to Tuscaloosa for a full day on retaliation law and its relationship to the rule of law. Associate Professor of Law…
Brian White has spent 32 years practicing law in Decatur, the town in Alabama where he grew up. On Sept. 17, the American Bar Association’s Death Penalty Representation Project recognized what much of that career has been built on: three decades of incredible commitment to capital defense work in Alabama’s courts. At the Project’s 40th…
On September 17, Alabama Law hosted its annual Constitution Day Talk, featuring The Honorable Edmund LaCour. Judge LaCour serves on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and previously served as Solicitor General of Alabama, where he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court three times. Dean Bill Brewbaker welcomed Judge LaCour, and…
Alabama Law alumni gathered in Huntsville this summer for a reception inside the Northern District of Alabama’s newly dedicated federal courthouse, bringing together graduates who last shared a classroom years or decades ago. The event reflects the Law School’s ongoing effort to keep alumni connected to the Capstone community and to one another, wherever their…
This summer, four Alabama Law students took on real cases as 2026 John Paul Stevens Foundation Fellows, representing clients and prosecuting matters while still early in their legal training. The Fellowship funds law students to take on public interest and criminal justice work, and it placed this year’s Fellows across the system, from a gang and human trafficking prosecution…
Held in the library’s John C. Payne Special Collections, the September 11, 2001, Memorial Newspaper Collection preserves how Alabama’s own newspapers reported the attacks in the days that followed. Read together 25 years later, the papers trace a single terrible day as it reached the state, from the first bulletins to a place trying to…
Welcome back to Alabama Law! Dean Brewbaker and the rest of the Alabama Law team are excited to welcome back our students, faculty, and staff for another wonderful year here at Alabama Law. Roll Tide! Alabama Law is proud to welcome the Class of 2029 into the Law School Community. Drawn from a competitive pool…
In July, the Law School hosted receptions in Mobile and Point Clear to honor Robert L. “Bob” McCurley Jr. (’66) and Irving Silver (’65) as 2026 inductees into the Alabama Lawyer Hall of Honor. Established in 2020 by the Law School Foundation Board of Governors, the Alabama Lawyer Hall of Honor recognizes the outstanding achievements of Alabama Law alumni…