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Professor Ben McMichael's research on the impact of medical scope-of-practice laws on healthcare access was cited in the Wall Street Journal. Learn more here:

Professor Ben McMichael’s Healthcare Research Cited in The Wall Street Journal - University of Alabama School of Law | The University of Alabama Professor Ben McMichael’s research on the impact of medical scope-of-practice laws on healthcare access was cited in the Wall Street Journal article, Nurse Practitioner Is Now the Hottest Job in Healthcare. In 2023, Professor McMichael published Supply-side health policy: The impact of scope-of-pr...

Professor Fred Vars has published his latest book, Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness are Empowering Each Other. The book focuses on successful peer-led mental health response programs that have already been implemented, and proposes a shift in thinking about mental health as a condition rather than a character flaw. Learn more below.

Professor Fred Vars Publishes New Book on Peer-Led Mental Health Treatment - University of Alabama School of Law | The University of Alabama Professor Fred Vars, a leading expert on mental health law, has published his latest book, Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness are Empowering Each Other. Through the Fire focuses on successful, impactful peer-led mental health response programs that have already been implemented, and pr...

Professor Grant Christensen published his newest essay, The Return to Autochthonous Law, in the University of Chicago Law Review. The piece is a review of the book Indigenous Governance by David Wilkins, but uses Wilkins’ text to make an original contribution to the field of federal Indian Law. The essay is available on SSRN:

The Return to Autochthonous Law This Book Review examines the significance of Professor David E. Wilkins's (Lumbee Nation) newest book Indigenous Governance: Clans, Constitutions, and Consent.

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J. Mason Davis Jr., Birmingham civil rights leader and the first Black adjunct professor at The University of Alabama School of Law, has passed away at the age of 90.

Mr. Davis joined the Law School faculty as an adjunct professor in 1972, the same year that the first Black students graduated from Alabama Law, and he served in that role for over 25 years. The Law School is grateful for Mr. Davis’ thoughtful and selfless service that he dedicated to his students and broader community throughout his lifetime. The Alabama Law community extends its heartfelt condolences to his loved ones.

Alabama Law Remembers J. Mason Davis Jr. - University of Alabama School of Law | The University of Alabama J. Mason Davis Jr., civil rights leader and the first Black adjunct professor at The University of Alabama School of Law, has passed away at the age of 90.

Professor Grant Christensen and his co-author, Andrew Appleby (Tennessee), posted their newest Article, “Taxing Indigenous Cultural Property,” on SSRN. The Article, forthcoming in the BYU Law Review, examines the value of cultural property that cannot legally be sold and asks whether federal or state governments should be taxing it at all. Using recent disputes over the taxation of culturally significant property as a point of departure, the article argues that Indigenous cultural property should be exempt from federal and state taxation and instead regulated, if at all, by Tribal Nations themselves. More broadly, the piece situates tax law within questions of tribal sovereignty, self-determination, and the federal government’s obligations to Native communities, and it suggests that non-tribal taxation of Indigenous cultural patrimony is inconsistent with both sound tax policy and the government-to-government relationship between the United States and Tribal Nations. Download and read the Article here:

by Grant Christensen, Andrew D. Appleby :: SSRN What is the value of something that cannot legally be sold?  This question lies at the heart of a growing tension between federal tax policy and Indigen

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Earlier this month, Alabama Law unveiled its commissioned portrait of Sue Thompson, the first Black woman to graduate from the Law School in 1974. While the first Black students graduated from Alabama Law in 1972 — Booker Forte, Ronald Jackson, and Michael Anthony Figures — Ms. Thompson was the first Black woman.

Ms. Thompson spent the majority of her career at Legal Services Alabama, where she advocated for low-income and marginalized communities in employment discrimination matters. She is also a passionate community advocate for equal access to high quality public education. Learn more here:

Alabama Law Unveils Portrait of First Black Woman Graduate - University of Alabama School of Law | The University of Alabama Earlier this month, Alabama Law unveiled its commissioned portrait of Sue Thompson, the first Black woman to graduate from the Law School in 1974. While the first Black students graduated from Alabama Law in 1972 — Booker Forte, Ronald Jackson, and Michael Anthony Figures — Ms. Thompson was the ...

Professor Sean Tu's research team from Brigham and Women's Hospital is competing in , STAT News' bracket-style competition to determine the top innovation or discovery in biomedical sciences of 2025. Their innovation is the removal of device-only patents for small molecule drugs in the FDA's “Orange Book,” which has been the focus of FTC antitrust litigation.

The team already defeated Carnegie Mellon University in the first round and are now facing off against Scripps Research. Voting is open through March, and the winner of the contest will be announced on April 7. Click below for more details of the contest and to vote for Brigham and Women's Hospital!

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