Law School

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Black History Month: Leaders in Law

These law graduates have left a lasting impression on UA and the state.

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UA Law Professor Publishes Proposal to Reduce Firearm Suicides

A new medical journal article written by Fredrick Vars, the Ira Drayton Pruitt, Sr. Professor of Law, suggests doctors and mental health professionals could use voluntary do-not-sell lists for firearms as a new tool in their suicide prevention toolkit.

Methos Wins 2020 Harper Lee Prize

Methos Wins 2020 Harper Lee Prize

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Victor Methos, author of “The Hallows,” will receive The University of Alabama School of Law’s 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction during a virtual ceremony. “On the 10th anniversary

The Satapur Moonstone, The Hallows, An Equal Justice

UA Law School Announces Finalists for the 2020 Harper Lee Prize

The University of Alabama School of Law named the finalists for the 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.

Tara Grove

Constitutional Scholar Named to Endowed Chair in UA Law

Tara Leigh Grove will join the The University of Alabama School of Law in August as the Charles E. Tweedy, Jr. Endowed Chairholder in Law, the UA Law School announced.

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Have Leftover Scholarship Semesters? Roll Them Over.

Beginning January 2020, undergraduate merit scholarship recipients transitioning to full-time status in The University of Alabama Graduate School or School of Law can apply unused semesters of their merit scholarship toward their advanced degrees.

Women Make Up Majority of UA First-Year Law Students for First Time

Women Make Up Majority of UA First-Year Law Students for First Time

For the first time, women make up a majority of law students in the entering class at The University of Alabama School of Law.

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UA to Hold 2019 Summer Commencement Exercise Aug. 3

The University of Alabama will hold its summer commencement exercise Saturday, Aug. 3, at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.

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‘The Boat People’ Author Wins Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal announced that Sharon Bala, author of “The Boat People,” will receive the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction at an Aug. 29 ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

A stack of the three books chosen to compete for the prize.

UA School of Law, ABA Journal Name Finalists for Harper Lee Prize

The Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law and the ABA Journal have announced the finalists for the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.