Year: 2026
Professor Tu Publishes on Anticompetitive Mergers in The New England Journal of Medicine
Professor Sean Tu recently published an article in The New England Journal of Medicine, with Jamie King, titled Anticompetitive Mergers — Pharmaceutical Buyouts as a Strategy for Maintaining Market Dominance. In the piece, Tu and King explore how some pharmaceutical mergers framed as engines of innovation are being used to quietly eliminate competition. By acquiring…
Alabama Law Remembers J. Mason Davis Jr.
J. Mason Davis Jr., civil rights leader and the first Black adjunct professor at The University of Alabama School of Law, has passed away at the age of 90. Mr. Davis graduated from Talladega College in 1956 and wanted to attend law school at UA. However, at that time, the State of Alabama provided “out-of-state…
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Meets with Alabama Law Students as Part of Albritton Lecture
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the Supreme Court of the United States was the featured speaker for the most recent Albritton Lecture at The University of Alabama School of Law. During the visit, Justice Sotomayor participated in a lunch with Alabama Law student leaders and three separate Q&A sessions with first-year law students, the larger…
Alabama Law Ranks #7 Nationally in Federal Judicial Clerkship Placements
In annual law school rankings released today, US News and World Report ranked Alabama Law #7 among all US law schools — #2 among public institutions — for the percentage of graduates employed in federal judicial clerkships. This ranking comes on the heels of data recently reported to the ABA showing a 10-month employment rate of 98.6% for the Class…
March 2026 Alumni News
Caroline Stephens Milner (‘18) Receives 2026 Alabama Rising Young Attorney Award Please join us in congratulating Caroline Stephens Milner (‘18) as the recipient of the 2026 Alabama Rising Young Attorney Award! The award recognizes a recent graduate who has made outstanding contributions to the legal profession, their community, and the School of Law. Click here…
Alabama Law Unveils Portrait of First Black Woman Graduate
Earlier this month, Alabama Law unveiled its commissioned portrait of Sue Thompson (‘74), the first Black woman to graduate from the Law School. Ms. Thompson grew up in West Tuscaloosa and graduated from The University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in political science before enrolling at Alabama Law, which had only begun to accept…
Professor Travis Ramey’s Article on Interlocutory Appeals in Collective Actions Published in Tulane Law Review
Professor Travis Ramsey’s article, Interlocutory Appeals in Complex Litigation: A Rule 23(f), was published in Tulane Law Review. In the Article, Professor Ramey looks to the reasons for the creation of Rule 23(f) and applies them to the collective action. He concludes that, given that the same “death knell plus” justification for Rule 23(f) applies equally to collective-action…
Alabama Law Moot Court Teams Advance to National and International Rounds
Every year, Alabama Law students, along with their faculty coaches and other supporters, prepare for and compete in dozens of moot court competitions across the country, going head-to-head against competing law students and honing their advocacy skills. Two of those teams, the Carol Andrews ABA National Appellate Advocacy Team, coached by Assistant Dean Anita Kay…
Caroline Stephens Milner (‘18) Named 2026 Alabama Rising Young Attorney
Last week, the Law School hosted a reception in Washington, DC, to celebrate Caroline Stephens Milner (‘18) as the 2026 Alabama Rising Young Attorney. The Alabama Rising Young Attorney Award recognizes a recent graduate (within the past 10 years) who has made outstanding contributions to the legal profession, their community, and the School of Law….
Alabama Law Hosts Martha Minow for Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. Memorial Lecture in Constitutional Rights and Liberties
On February 26, Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor and Dean Emerita of Harvard Law School, delivered the annual Frank M. Johnson Jr. Memorial Lecture in Constitutional Rights and Liberties at Alabama Law. In her address, Dean Minow discussed the impact of technology — particularly artificial intelligence — on civil rights and liberties. Following the…