U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to Speak at UA School of Law

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. will deliver the eighth Albritton Lecture at The University of Alabama School of Law on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 2 p.m. in McMillan Lecture Hall at the Law School.

Alito was confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in January 2006 and sworn in on Feb. 1, 2006 by President George W. Bush. Alito received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and attended Yale Law School.

The Albritton Lecture Series was established in 1996 by U.S. District Judge Harold Albritton III to honor several generations of lawyers from the Albritton family of Andalusia. Alito will be the eighth U.S. Supreme Court Justice to speak at the UA School of Law. In addition to delivering a lecture, visiting justices traditionally teach a class session for first-year law students.

The Albritton Lecture Series is one of three lecture series hosted by the Law School. The Daniel J. Meador Lecture Series and the Hugo Black Lectures Series bring scholars from throughout the nation. The Law School hosts approximately 20 legal scholars per year in a faculty colloquium.

The next Albritton Lecture is scheduled for August and will feature Aharon Barak, who served as president of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1995-2006.

Alito’s lecture is open to the public. For more information about the Albritton Lecture Series, contact Nechelle N. Robinson, manager of communications, at 205/348-5195 or by email at nrobinson@law.ua.edu. To learn more about Justice Alito, visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/judicialnominees/alito.html