University of Alabama School of Law

Box 870382
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487
Telephone: (205) 348-5117
Fax: (205) 348-3917
Web: http://www.law.ua.edu

ABA Approved Since 1926

The University of Alabama School of Law combines great traditions with great promise. As the only public law school in the State, The University of Alabama has educated premier lawyers, business and civic leaders, and state and national leaders for over 130 years. The school was established in 1872, and in 1913 moved into its first permanent home, Farrah Hall. In 1978, the School moved into the current Law School -- a modern spacious building. The facilities are among the nation's finest -- graphic evidence of the School's dynamic growth and progressive spirit. In Fall 2006, a new addition was completed with new classrooms, clinical space, a cafeteria, and a 24-hour computer lab.

Our Law School offers state-of-the-art facilities and technology, an updated curriculum, increased opportunity for skills training, and expanded career services for students. Alabama is considered one of the best law schools in the Southeast and is ranked in the top fifty law schools in the country by national surveys.

Our student body of about 500-550 students is talented, diverse, academically strong, and friendly. The median UGPA of our first-year class of about 170 is 3.5, and the median LSAT is 162-163. While the Admissions Committee, of course, considers the LSAT and UGPA, they also consider other factors which indicate a student will perform well academically in law school. The Admissions Committee looks for determination, diligence, the ability to solve problems and deal with difficult situations, and perseverance.

The Admissions Committee is also sensitive to the idea that a diverse student body -- a group with different life experiences and from different academic and economic backgrounds -- creates a stronger law school. Each class usually includes about 40% women, 10% minority persons, and 20% non-residents and graduates from more than 60 colleges and universities.

On the average, more than 95% of those students who enter the Law School graduate in three years. Generally the law school employment rate is 98-99% within nine months of graduation. Our students are prepared to practice law in various types of work or to enter other professions.

The University of Alabama is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees. The University of Alabama School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and the Order of the Coif.

The tuition at The University of Alabama remains reasonable, yet the Law School provides more than $1,000,000 a year in student scholarships, financial aid, and upper-class student employment.

Alabama's trial and appellate advocacy teams are among the nation's best and have won numerous awards. Alabama trial advocacy teams have set a standard few schools can match: advancing 19 teams from regional to national competition in the last twelve years and consistently placing teams in national competition.

The Law School also sponsors the Jessup International Moot Court Team, the National Moot Court Team, the Douglass Moot Court Team, a Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Team, and moot court teams in intellectual property, criminal law, tax, labor and environment law. These teams also have won team and individual awards in many of these competitions.

Students have several opportunities to write for a scholarly journal while in law school at The University of Alabama. The Alabama Law Review is published four times a year and has been ranked in the top 25 law journals in the country. In addition to the Law Review, there are two other journals published at the Law School: The Journal of the Legal Profession and the Law and Psychology Review.

The guiding philosophy of the University of Alabama School of Law is that the institution must not only prepare future lawyers, it must become a dynamic part of the community. That philosophy is embodied in the concept that the Law School will serve a broader role of service to the state, the region, and the nation by the application of the School's resources and expertise to problems that affect the way people live.

The Law School includes the best law library in the state and one of the best in the region. The Alabama Law Institute, which works on progressive state law reform and employs law students, and the state's largest provider of continuing legal education are housed in the Law School. The school hosts numerous conferences, lectures, and visits, including the visits of 7 members of the U.S. Supreme Court in the last several years. Another member is scheduled to visit during 2006-07. In addition, the Public Interest Institute at the Law School encourages students to pursue public interest work during law school and to continue to seek legal service opportunities after graduation. In a word, it is the center of legal developments and progress in the State of Alabama and Nationwide.

The curriculum of the University of Alabama School of Law is traditional, but certainly includes offerings in other areas of the law, including electives in environmental law, international law, intellectual property, business crime, and business. The curriculum also is rich in clinical, advocacy, and skills offerings. Perspective offerings, such as legal history, legal philosophy, and law in literature also are taught.

The law curriculum has been expanded -- particularly in the third year -- to include more seminars and elective courses that cut across traditional course lines and expose students to the complex problems with which lawyers and lawmakers must deal in modern life and that aim to increase students' understanding of the development of the legal order.

All first-year students are required to take Civil Procedure, Contracts I, Legal Writing and Research, Torts and Criminal Law in the fall semester. In the spring of the first year students take Moot Court, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Property, and Contracts II. During the second year, students are required to take Legal Profession. All other courses taken during the second and third years are electives.

Students may follow a track of particular courses in areas such as business, estate planning, or criminal law or may design their own programs of study after the first year. Most students participate in trial and appellate advocacy, an important part of the curriculum.

The Clinical Program offers second- and third-year students an opportunity to acquire first-hand practical experience by direct involvement in actual client cases handled through the Clinical Program. Through its various legal assistance programs, the Clinical Program also helps the Law School meet its commitment of service to the community and state while providing tomorrow's lawyers with a taste of the real practice of law. Students may enroll in the Capital Defense, Civil Clinic, the Criminal Defense Clinic, Domestic Violence Clinic, Elder Law Clinic and Sustainable Communities Law Clinic.

Public Interest
In keeping with the Law School commitment to service, the Public Interest Institute was created. The Institute provides up-to-date information on volunteer opportunities in Tuscaloosa and surrounding areas, promotes public interest programs, offers service programs and awards for law students, and works with Career Services to promote public interest jobs and externships.

Located in Beautiful Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A wonderful and relatively inexpensive place to live, Tuscaloosa is rich in tradition and committed to academic and community excellence. Tuscaloosa is rich in Native American history; some of the largest and best-preserved Indian mounds in the Southeast are located in Moundville, Alabama, about 15 miles south of the University. Mound State Monument is administered by The University of Alabama.

Tuscaloosa is an exciting city of about 100,000, and The University of Alabama has a student population of approximately 20,000. The city is in a part of the state full of lakes and rivers. It was built on the banks of the Black Warrior River, now a link in the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Lake Tuscaloosa and nearby Lake Lurleen State Park provide ample opportunity for water sports, camping, and other outdoor recreation. Tuscaloosa's cooperation with the University has allowed for a rich cultural life as well. Tuscaloosa combines a small-town atmosphere with big-town activities, sports, and culture.

International Summer Programs
The Law School offers five-week summer programs at the University of Fribourg in Fribourg, Switzerland and at The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. During the programs, students participate in two credited classes: a course surveying Swiss or Australian law and a comparative doctrinal course. In the comparative law course students learn about the Swiss or Australian legal system through presentations by Swiss and Australian professors. The doctrinal course, team-taught in English by a professor from the home law school and an Alabama law school professor, allows students to compare the two legal systems in a specific area of law. Students from the home law schools are also involved in the doctrinal courses.

Joint J.D./M.B.A. Program
The School of Law and the Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama offer select students an opportunity to earn joint Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and J.D. degrees in a four-year program of study. The first year is the first year of law school. The second year is the first year of the M.B.A. Program. The third and fourth years consists of courses in both law and business.

International Graduate Program
The School of Law offers a one-year program leading to the LL.M. degree. The program is for persons who have received a university degree in law in another country. The program's purpose is to afford students whose legal background is not the common law tradition an opportunity to acquire a basic understanding of American legal institutions and concepts, prior to returning to their respective legal communities. Enrollment in the LL.M. program is quite limited; a few highly qualified applicants are accepted.

Dean:
Ken Randall (205) 348-5117

Admissions:
Marquita Henderson (205) 348-5440

Career Services:
Rodney Waites (205) 348-6479

Continuing Legal Education:
Steven C. Emens (205) 348-4960

Development & Alumni Affairs:
Cynthia Almond (205) 348-5756

Financial Aid:
J. Noah Funderburg (205) 348-4508

Library:
James B. Leonard (205) 348-5927

Admissions, Recruiting and Scholarships:
Claude Reeves (205) 348-2728

Students/Academic Services:
Jenelle Mims Marsh (205) 348-5751

Clinical Programs:
Robert R. Kuehn (205) 348-4960

FULL TIME FACULTY

KEN RANDALL, (Dean & Thomas E. McMillan Professor of Law), born 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, New York; 1991, Alabama. Education: Hofstra (J.D., 1981); Yale (LL.M., 1982); Columbia (LL.M., 1985; J.S.D., 1988). COURSES: Constitutional Law, International Law, International Transactions. E-mail: kcrandal@law.ua.edu

CYNTHIA ALMOND, (Assistant Dean for Career Advancement), born Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 8, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Alabama. Education: The University of Alabama (B.A., 1987; J.D., 1990). E-mail: calmond@law.ua.edu

WILLIAM L. ANDREEN, (Edgar L. Clarkson Professor), born 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Georgia. Education: College of Wooster (B.A., 1975); Columbia (J.D., 1977). COURSES: Administrative Law, Environmental Law, International Law, Torts. E-mail: wandreen@law.ua.edu

CAROL RICE ANDREWS, (Professor), born 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois. Education: Illinois (B.S., 1980; J.D., 1983). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Advanced Civil Procedure, Legal Profession. E-mail: candrews@law.ua.edu

KIMBERLY ANN BART, (Assistant Professor of Clinical Legal Instruction; Director, Domestic Violence Law Clinic), born Tonawanda, New York, January 6, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, New York and District of Columbia. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., 1998); Syracuse University Maxwell School (M.P.A., 1999); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 2002); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 2006). COURSES: Domestic Violence Law. E-mail: kbart@law.ua.edu

KIMBERLY KEEFER BOONE, (Director of Legal Writing and Legal Writing Lecturer), born Ocala, Florida, July 30, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Alabama. Education: Huntingdon College (B.A., 1992); The University of Alabama (J.D., 1995). COURSES: Legal Writing. E-mail: kboone@law.ua.edu

WILLIAM S. BREWBAKER, III, (Professor), born 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Alabama. Education: Vanderbilt (B.A., 1981); University of Virginia (J.D., 1986); Duke (LL.M., 1993). COURSES: Antitrust Law, Health Care Law, Property Law. E-mail: wbrewbak@law.ua.edu

ALFRED L. BROPHY, (Professor), born Champaign, Illinois, September 6, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (A.B., 1987); Columbia University (J.D., 1990); Harvard University (A.M., 1993; Ph.D., 2001). COURSES: Property, Trusts and Estates, and Remedies. E-mail: abrophy@law.ua.edu

CAROL NECOLE BROWN, (Associate Professor of Law), born Greensboro, North Carolina, December 30, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Virginia; 1998, Alabama. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1992); Duke Law (J.D.; L.L.M., 1995). COURSES: Real Property, Land Use, Real Property Security. E-mail: cbrown@law.ua.edu

JAMES D. BRYCE, (Joseph D. Peeler Professor), born 1939; admitted to bar, 1974, New York; 1982, Alabama. Education: Columbia College (B.A., 1961; J.D., 1970); New York University (LL.M., 1974). COURSES: Federal Income Taxation, Partnership Tax, State & Local Taxation, Tax Shelters. E-mail: jbryce@law.ua.edu

PAMELA HARNEST BUCY, (Frank M. Bainbridge Professor and Director of Legal Writing), born 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Missouri; 1991, Alabama. Education: Austin College (B.A., 1975); Washington, St. Louis (J.D., 1978). COURSES: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Business Crime. E-mail: pbucy@law.ua.edu

JOSEPH A. COLQUITT, (Jere L. Beasley Professor & Director, Trial Advocacy Program), born 1940; admitted to bar, 1970, Alabama. Education: Alabama (B.S., 1967; J.D., 1970); Nevada-Reno (M.J.S., 1987). COURSES: Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Trial Advocacy. E-mail: jcolquit@law.ua.edu

ALAN DURHAM, (Professor), born 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, California. Education: Berkeley (J.D., 1988); Pomona College (B.A., 1985). COURSES: Patents and Copyrights, Antitrust, Trademarks and Unfair Trade Practices. E-mail: adurham@law.ua.edu

STEVEN COUNTISS EMENS, (Assoc. Dean; Director, CLE Programs & Prof. of Clin. Legal Instruction), born 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Alabama. Education: University of North Alabama (B.S., 1973); Alabama (M.B.A., 1976; J.D., 1976). COURSES: Clinical Teaching, Evidence, Trial & Appellate Advocacy. E-mail: semens@law.ua.edu

J. SCOTT ENGLAND, (Legal Writing Lecturer), born Columbia, Missouri, October 12, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: Truman State University (B.A., 1995); Northwestern University (J.D., 1998). COURSES: Legal Writing. E-mail: sengland@law.ua.edu

BRYAN KEITH FAIR, (Thomas E. Skinner Professor), born 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: Duke (A.B., 1982); U.C.L.A. (J.D., 1985). COURSES: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Gender & the Law, First Amendment. E-mail: bfair@law.ua.edu

TONY A. FREYER, (Resident Professor, History & Law), born 1947. Education: San Diego State University (A.B., 1970); Indiana University (M.A., 1972; Ph.D., 1975). COURSES: American Legal History, English Legal History. E-mail: tfreyer@law.ua.edu

J. NOAH FUNDERBURG, (Professor, Clinical Legal Instruction; Senior Assistant Dean of Administration), born 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1974); Alabama (J.D., 1977). COURSES: Clinical Teaching, Trial Advocacy. E-mail: nfunderb@law.ua.edu

GEORGE S. GEIS, (Assistant Professor), born Pasadena, California, March 31, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: The University of California (B.S., 1992); The University of Chicago (M.B.A., 1998; J.D., 1998). COURSES: Contracts, Agency and Partnership, Business Planning. E-mail: ggeis@law.ua.edu

SUSAN PACE HAMILL, (Professor), born 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, New York. Education: Oxford College of Emory (A.A., 1980); Emory (B.A., 1982); Tulane (J.D., 1985); New York University (LL.M., 1986). COURSES: Business Organizations, Business Planning, Corporate Finance, Limited Liability Companies & Other Closely Held Businesses, Partnership Taxation, Securities Regulation. E-mail: shamill@law.ua.edu

WILLIAM H. HENNING, (Visiting Faculty), born Tennessee, May 5, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Tennessee; 1983, Missouri. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1976); University of Illinois (LL.M., 1982). COURSES: Contracts, Secured Credit Transactions, Sales Law. E-mail: bhenning@law.ua.edu

STEVEN H. HOBBS, (Tom Bevill Chair of Law), born Summerville, New Jersey, October 7, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Education: Harvard University (B.A., 1975); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1979). COURSES: Legal Profession, Family Law, Small Business Development. E-mail: shobbs@law.ua.edu

TIMOTHY HOFF, (Gordon Rosen Emeritus Professor), born 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Florida; 1973, Alabama. Education: Tulane (A.B., 1963; J.D., 1966); Harvard (LL.M., 1970). COURSES: Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Federal Jurisdiction, The Law in Literature. E-mail: thoff@law.ua.edu

HARRY L. HOPKINS, (Visiting Faculty), born Arkansas, August 11, 1935; admitted to bar, 1964, Mississippi; 1973, Alabama. Education: Southern Mississippi University (B.A., 1961); Tulane University (LL.B., 1964). COURSES: Employment Law, Labor Law. E-mail: hhopkins@law.ua.edu

ANNE SIKES HORNSBY, (Assistant Professor of Clinical Legal Instruction; Director, Civil Law Clinic), admitted to bar, 1996, Alabama. Education: The University of Alabama (B.S., 1979; M.B.A., 1981; J.D., 1996). E-mail: ahornsby@law.ua.edu

THOMAS L. JONES, (Alumni Class of 1936 Professor of Law), born 1931; admitted to bar, 1961, Kentucky; 1968, Alabama. Education: Kentucky (B.S., 1959; J.D., 1961); Michigan (LL.M., 1965). COURSES: Contracts, Corporations, Decedents' Estates, Equity, Estate & Gift Taxation, Estate Planning, Trusts & Estates. E-mail: tjones@law.ua.edu

MARY M. KSOBIECH, (Legal Writing Lecturer), born Sioux City, Iowa, February 24, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Iowa; 2001, Missouri. Education: Truman State University (B.A., 1997); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2000). COURSES: Legal Writing. E-mail: mksobiec@law.ua.edu

ROBERT R. KUEHN, (Director of Clinical Programs, Professor), born South Bend, Indiana, April 30, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, Florida; 1989, Louisiana; 1991, District of Columbia. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1974); George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., 1981); Columbia University (LL.M., 1983). COURSES: Legal Profession. E-mail: rkuehn@law.ua.edu

JAMES B. LEONARD, (Professor of Law and Director, Law Library), born Hot Point, North Carolina, June 27, 1954; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1975; M.L.S., 1980; J.D., 1986). COURSES: Disability Law, Legal Research. E-mail: jleonard@law.ua.edu

GENE A. MARSH, (James M. Kidd, Sr. Professor), born 1951; admitted to bar, 1981, Alabama. Education: Ohio State (B.S./M.S., 1978); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1981). COURSES: Commercial Law, Commercial Paper, Consumer Law, Contracts, Corporate Finance, Corporations. E-mail: gmarsh@law.ua.edu

JENELLE MIMS MARSH, (Senior Assistant Dean for Students/Academic Services), born 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Alabama. Education: Auburn (B.S., 1978); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1981). E-mail: jmarsh@law.ua.edu

ROBERT L. MARSHALL, (Associate Director, Library & Lecturer), born Mobile, Alabama, June 26, 1956. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1978); University of Memphis (J.D., 1986); Emory University (M.L.N., 1987). COURSES: Legal Research. E-mail: rmarshal@law.ua.edu

MARTHA I. MORGAN, (Robert S. Vance Emerita Professor), born 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, District of Columbia; 1995, Alabama. Education: Alabama (B.S., 1972); George Washington University (J.D., 1977). COURSES: Civil Rights, Comparative Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law, Legal Education. E-mail: mmorgan@law.ua.edu

JOE C. MORRISON, (Professor, Clinical Legal Instruction & Dir., Public Defender Program), born 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Alabama. Education: Alabama (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1975). COURSES: Clinical Programs, Legal Counseling, Trial Advocacy. E-mail: jmorriso@law.ua.edu

DANIEL C. POWELL, (Legal Writing Lecturer and Director of the LL.M. in Taxation Program), born Tuscaloosa, Alabama, January 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, Alabama. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1991); University of Virginia (M.A., 1994); The University of Alabama (J.D., 1998). COURSES: Legal Writing. E-mail: dpowell@law.ua.edu

SUSAN LYONS RANDALL, (Professor), born 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, New York. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1978); Columbia (J.D., 1982). COURSES: Insurance, Jurisprudence, Torts. E-mail: srandall@law.ua.edu

CLAUDE REEVES, (Assistant Dean), born Selma, Alabama, March 31, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama. Education: Randolph-Macon Woman's College (B.A., 1993); University of Alabama (J.D., 1999). E-mail: creeves@law.ua.edu

KENNETH M. ROSEN, (Assistant Professor), born Valley Stream, New York, February 4, 1970; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania; 1997, District of Columbia. Education: Cornell University (B.S.I.L., 1991); Yale Law School (J.D., 1994); University of London (L.L.M., 1997). COURSES: International Business Transactions, Business Organizations, Securities Regulation. E-mail: krosen@law.ua.edu

ELIZABETH UTSEY SADLER, (Assistant Dean for Continuing Legal Education), admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1992); University of Alabama (J.D., 1996). E-mail: lsadler@law.ua.edu

NORMAN J. SINGER, (Charles O. Stokes Professor of Law & Anthropology), born 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, Massachusetts; 1974, Alabama. Education: Pennsylvania, (B.S., 1960); Boston University (J.D., 1964); Harvard (S.J.D., 1975). COURSES: Comparative Law, Conflict of Laws, Family Law, Law & Society, Legislation, Sports Law, Workers' Compensation, Legal Anthropology. E-mail: nsinger@law.ua.edu

NORMAN P. STEIN, (Douglas Arant Professor), born 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, District of Columbia; 1981, Georgia. Education: New College (B.A., 1973); Duke (J.D., 1978). COURSES: Corporate Tax, Federal Income Taxation I, Labor Law, Law & Literature. E-mail: nstein@law.ua.edu