TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama School of Law has a new historical marker near its front gate.
The marker pays tribute to the School of Law, which was founded in 1872, and is the state’s oldest and only public law school.
The marker is the latest in the Alabama State Bar’s Legal Milestones Program, which honors important institutions, cases, events and personalities in Alabama’s legal history.
The Law School’s J. Rufus Bealle Fund and the Alabama State Bar helped fund the UA project. Bealle, a 1942 UA Law graduate, is a retired attorney currently working for the School of Law as special gifts coordinator in the Office of Advancement. The efforts of Bealle and the State Bar committee on history and archives, headed by 1978 UA Law graduate Shapard Ashley, made the marker possible.
The Alabama State Bar has installed two other historical markers in recent years, including one in Montgomery commemorating the history of the State Bar.
Contact
Amelia Parker or Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325
Source
Jennifer Graham, UA School of Law, 205/348-5195