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02/03/2012 Alabama Law Earns High Honors at the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition

Ambria Lankford (’12) and India Williams (’12) recently earned an impressive second place finish in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition for the Southern Region. This year, twenty-two teams participated, making this strong overall team performance all the more impressive.

“Indeed, I have never seen better oral advocacy,” said Carodine. “Working with a challenging moot court problem, our team delivered superb oral arguments, round after round. It was an absolute pleasure to witness their command of the law, poised courtroom demeanor, and sheer intellectual stamina. I was extremely proud of their performance, and the entire law school community should be as well.”

Alabama Law’s Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team is sponsored by the Alabama Defense Lawyer’s Association.

02/03/2012 Seven Alabama Law Graduates Named “Top 40 Under 40”

Congratulations to the following individuals, named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40”:

Jonathan Geisen (’00), shareholder with Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC.
Kimberly Geisler (’00), shareholder with Scott Dukes & Geisler, P.C.
Ben Goldman (‘01), partner with Hand Arendall LLC
V.J. Graffeo (’03), partner with Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC
Brent Irby (’95), managing partner with McCallum Hoaglund Cook & Irby LLP
Andrew Nix (’03), shareholder with Maynard Cooper & Gale PC
Jeff Windham (’03), general counsel with Forensic/Strategic Solutions PC.

Read the full story here.

02/03/2012 February CLE Opportunities

Visit www.clealabama.com and sign up today!

Live Seminars

February 10^th – Banking Law
February 24^th – Elder Law

Teleconferences

February 7^th – Estate Planning for the Elderly, Part 1
February 8^th – Estate Planning for the Elderly, Part 2
February 9^th – Ethics in Co-Counsel and Referral Relationships
February 10^th – Ethical Issues in Client Representation Agreements
February 14^th – Compensation & Other Techniques for Getting Money Out of a Closely Held Business

01/03/2012 CLE Opportunities in January

There are eight CLE programs available throughout January. Sign up today to reserve your spot!

Live Seminar

Jan. 20 – Professionalism

Teleconferences

Jan. 4 – 2011 Americans with Disabilities Act Update
Jan. 5 – Estate Planning in 2012: Now That the Federal Tax is a Dead Letter, Part 1
Jan. 6 – Estate Planning in 2012: Now That the Federal Tax is a Dead Letter, Part 2
Jan. 10 – Dangers of Using “Units” in LLC Planning
Jan. 11 – Fixing Broken Trusts
Jan. 12 – Ethics on the Receipt & Release of Confidential Information
Jan. 13 – Bridging the Valuation Gap: “Earnouts” and Other Techniques When Buyer and Seller Can’t Agree on Price

12/19/2011 Three Additional CLE Teleconferences Added for Late December

December 20^th – Asset Protection Strategies for Real Estate
December 21^st – Tax Efficient Methods of Getting Money out of a Business
December 22^nd – Generation Skipping Transfer Tax

Visit www.clealabama.com to sign up.

11/28/2011 Shop Alabama Law Merchandise!

Visit the Law School’s Merchandise website and choose from an assortment of Alabama Law t-shirts (ranging from baby to adult sizes), golf shirts, fleece pullovers, travel mugs, windbreakers and more. Farrah members receive a 10% discount on Law School merchandise purchases. Law School watercolor prints are also available and make a great holiday gift! Painted in 1992 by Don Barnes, the prints are numbered and signed (unsigned also available). Order yours today!

11/21/2011 Justice John Paul Stevens – Listen to the Lecture Here

Now available for download in mp3/podcast format: the November 16th Albritton Lecture by Justice John Paul Stevens.

11/21/2011 CLE Opportunities in December

There are six live seminars and four teleconferences scheduled during December. Sign up now to reserve your spot!

Live Seminars

Dec. 2 – Employment Law Update
Dec. 8 – Estate Planning
Dec. 9 – Depositions
Dec. 15 – Tort Law Update
Dec. 16 – Trial Skills
Dec. 20 – Alabama Update Birmingham

Teleconferences

Dec. 1 – Business Planning with S Corps, Part 1
Dec. 2 – Business Planning with S Corps, Part 2
Dec. 5 – Ethics in Real Estate Practice
Dec. 6 – Estate Planning for Retirement Benefits

11/03/2011 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stevens Visits Alabama Law Nov. 16

John Paul Stevens, retired associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, will visit Alabama Law Nov. 16^th to present the Fall
2011 Albritton Lecture.

The event is open to the public. The lecture begins at 3:30 p.m. in the McMillan Lecture Hall (Room 287/288). Doors open at 2:30. No registration required. Note that purses, bags, laptops, umbrellas or large jackets are not allowed in the lecture hall.

Stevens’ visit coincides with a flurry of recent media coverage about the former justice, who recently released the book Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir. In the book, Stevens chronicles his history with the highest court in the land and focuses on his personal relationship with the five Chief Justices with whom he worked.

Join us Nov. 16^th for this rare opportunity to gain insight into the Supreme Court from one of its longest serving members.

11/01/2011 November CLE Offerings

Opportunities to earn CLE credit are plentiful in the
month of November, which includes four live seminars and seven teleconferences.

Live Seminars:

Nov. 4^th – Appellate Practice
Nov. 11^th – Healthcare Law
Nov. 18^th – Bankruptcy Law Update
Nov. 30^th – Alabama Update Montgomery

Teleconferences:

Nov. 1^st – Middle Market M & A, Part 1
Nov. 2^nd – Middle Market M & A, Part 2
Nov. 3^rd – 2011 Ethics Update, Part 1
Nov. 4^th – 2011 Ethics Update, Part 2
Nov. 8^th – Title Insurance in Real Estate
Nov. 10^th – Ethics of Working with Experts
Nov. 15^th – UCC Article 9/Foreclosure of Personal Property, Part 1