Professor Gold recently co-authored a thought piece, with Boston University Law Professor Christopher Robertson, in The Conversation. The article is titled Donald Trump’s right – He is getting special treatment, far better than most other criminal defendants, and it can be read online. It was also picked up by Salon.com.
In addition, Professors Gold and Robertson published an opinion piece in The Hill titled Trump’s special treatment in the courts highlights failings in our legal system.
As a new school year begins, Alabama Law is proud to welcome the Class of 2026. This year’s 1L Class consists of 128 students—drawn from a competitive pool of over 1,600 applicants.
Students from this class represent 23 states and 2 countries (China and Greece), and they have studied at 51 different colleges and universities. Forty-nine percent of the 1L students are women and 19.5% of the class identify as students of color. In total, members of the 1L class speak 13 different languages and dialects from around the world and have studied, lived, or worked in 14 countries outside of the United States.
“We had more than 1600 people to choose from to fill this room, and we chose you,” said Dean Bill Brewbaker in an introduction to the incoming 1L students during orientation. “We didn’t choose you because you couldn’t succeed, but because we believed you could. And we know you can.”
Classes began Thursday, August 17 and the semester will run through December 19. For more information, view the University of Alabama School of Law academic calendar online.
Professor Clare Ryan’s article Are Children’s Rights Enough? was featured on the American Law Institute’s website, the ALI Adviser. Read the forthcoming piece here.
Professor Russell Gold recently co-authored an article, with Emory Law professor Kay Levine, titled How Public Defenders Can Use Social Media To Drive Change in LAW360. Read the full piece online.
Professor Amy F. Kimpel published an article titled Alienating Criminal Procedure in Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. Read the full piece here.
Professor Julie Hill published an article titled Opening a Federal Reserve Account in the Yale Journal on Regulation. Download and read the full piece now on SSRN.
Dear Law School alumni and friends,
I’m starting my third week as dean of our great Law School. I can’t tell you what a privilege it’s been to hear from alumni and friends from across our State and Nation who are excited about our Law School and its future and are anxious to support what we’re doing. Many of you have said to me if there’s anything I can ever do for the Law School, I hope you’ll let me know. Well, as you can imagine, I’ve been thinking about that, and there are two things I hope you’ll consider doing.
First, one of my priorities for the coming year is to reconnect alums with their Law School and with each other. To do that, I’m going to be recruiting class co-chairs to facilitate communications between the Law School and alumni classes to keep folks apprised of what each other is doing and to support our annual giving efforts. If you’d be interested in serving in that capacity, I hope you’ll e-mail Candice Robbins: crobbins@law.ua.edu.
Second, I hope you’ll consider making an annual gift. Frankly, our annual giving dollars have fallen off of it in the past few years, and they are critical to our ability to do the things we need to do around the school, whether it’s providing scholarships for students, recruiting and retaining great faculty, supporting students who want to do summer public interest work, and a host of other things. Our annual giving dollars are critical for the flexibility we need to operate a first-class law school. So, I hope you’ll think about making a gift. You can do so by visiting this link online. If you’ve already done so, thank you very much. Please be as generous as you can, but know that a gift of any amount will be a great help to us.
I’m excited to see what we can accomplish together!
– Bill
Professor Shalini Bhargava Ray published an essay in Lawfare titled United States v. Texas, Explained. You can read the full article here.
Professor Luke Herrine was quoted in several major news outlets regarding student debt relief. His commentary is highlighted in The New York Times and Inside Higher Ed, along with several additional outlets.
