University of Alabama School of Law, Class of 2001

12/11/2025

Congratulations, Ron! https://yellowhammernews.com/governor-ivey-appoints-ronald-smith-as-madison-county-circuit-judge/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOoKs9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeqHUwAKkwFsYXZhtOHR6GgB4cyVb9EkyVeFrCcxxZv5mM610bEXiMzhbK6Uc_aem_605VGr-_xNw4znh5qNzgnQ

Governor Kay Ivey has appointed Judge Ron Smith to serve on the Madison County Circuit Court in Alabama’s 23rd Judicial Circuit.

06/24/2025

I am so sorry to report that our friend and classmate Keith Brashier passed away over the weekend. Keith was one of the good guys, and he will be greatly missed. I’ll try to post arrangements here when I learn about them. Please keep Keith’s family, law partners, and all who love him in your thoughts.

05/03/2023

Earlier this semester, we unveiled faculty portraits for Carol Rice Andrews, William Brewbaker, and Susan Pace Hamill. Traditionally, professors who have…

03/29/2022

https://www.law.ua.edu/blog/news/alabama-law-ranked-top-25-by-u-s-news-world-report/

For more than 140 years, the The University of Alabama School of Law has produced attorneys who become leaders locally, nationally and globally. The University of Alabama School of Law provides a top-rate education at an affordable cost in a supportive and diverse environment.

12/27/2021

Congratulations Jessica Medeiros Garrison! https://altoday.com/archives/43481-mountain-brook-resident-jessica-garrison-named-one-of-washingtons-most-powerful-women?fbclid=IwAR3km-SWaZ_gF3QWWRYvaXQ418fLzP0LS2V0jWNY0VCOftGuuTfG9265SJY

BusinessSlider Mountain Brook resident Jessica Garrison named one of ‘Washington’s most powerful women’ By Beth Cann - December 27, 2021 0 137 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Mountain Brook, Alabama, seems a long way from Washington, D.C., but one resident is making her name known in...

11/30/2021

On Giving Tuesday, please consider a gift to honor our classmate, Lee Huffaker, by making a pledge to the Lee Huffaker Scholarship Fund at UA Law. If you wish to donate, contact Tamara Jenkins Quick via PM.

05/19/2021

Happy Anniversary, Class of 2001! We graduated from law school 20 years ago today. 😳

01/20/2021

Classmates: Professor Walthall is retiring this year, and his family is putting together a video tribute. Their message is below, along with a link to submit your memories.

Professor Walthall is finally retiring! In the time of Covid, we aren’t sure what, if any public celebration there will be, so his children wanted to collect video memories for him. If you had him at Alabama, Cumberland, Bar-Bri or at any of the other numerous schools he found his way to, please consider recording a video. It can be memory, an impression of that amazing Walthall accent or whatever comes to mind. He will be so tickled! Feel free to share the link with classmates, but it’s a secret so please don’t tell him
https://share.vidday.com/r-hr2yqb...

We're creating a personalizedRetirement video montage for Professor Walthall. We'd like you to be a part of it. Please go to https://share.vidday.com/r-hr2yqb to record or submit your message for Professor Walthall before Fri, Mar 19, 2021 6:51 PM CDT. Thanks!

08/15/2019

http://wvtm13.com/article/women-outnumber-men-in-first-year-enrollment-at-ua-school-of-law-for-first-time/28705512?src=app

The Class of 2022 at the University of Alabama School of Law will be different than all those before it.

05/21/2019

Congratulations, Montrece!

‪The American Bar Association honored Montrece M. Ransom (‘01) with its Champion of Diversity and Inclusion Award during the Health Law Section’s Emerging Issues in Health Law Conference in Orlando. https://www.law.ua.edu/blog/news/aba-honors-alumna-with-champion-of-diversity-and-inclusion-award/

03/13/2019

The Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law at The University of Alabama is ranked 25th among the nation’s top law schools, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Graduate Schools” rankings for 2020. This marks the eighth consecutive year that Alabama’s Law School has been ranked in the Top 30 law schools in the nation. The Law School ranked eighth among public law schools in this year’s survey.

"I have long believed that, if we attend to those things that enhance the quality of life within the School of Law, good things will follow," said Mark E. Brandon, Dean of the Law School. "It's nice to see this philosophy affirmed in the most recent release from U.S. News."

The U.S. News rankings of 192 law schools fully accredited by the American Bar Association are based on a weighted average of the 12 measures, including quality assessment, selectivity, and placement success. Data were collected in fall 2018 and early 2019.

02/05/2019

Congratulations to Class of 2001 alumna Monet Gaines who was sworn is a District Court Judge in Montgomery this past December. Monet was sworn in by her husband and fellow alumnus Circuit Judge J.R. Gaines.

New Montgomery District Court Judge Monet Gaines was sworn in on Monday by her husband, Circuit Judge J.R. Gaines.