UA offers free legal clinic for homeowners
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 14
The University of Alabama School of Law has added a public law clinic offering free legal assistance to West Alabama homeowners who are in or facing the threat of foreclosure. Current law students, supervised by a full-time staff attorney and a part-time supervising attorney, will help clients in Lamar, Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Greene, Hale and Bibb counties explore alternatives to foreclosure, including loan modifications, workouts, forbearance, short sales and deeds, according to a release from UA. The clinic will formally open Monday,but is now accepting referrals. The foreclosure relief clinic joins the law school’s list of other free legal clinic, which include capital defense, community development, criminal defense, mediation, domestic violence, elder law and civil law, according to the release.
Al.com – Aug. 13
University of Alabama 2013 sorority recruitment: Aug. 13, 2013 (photos)
Al.com – Aug. 13
University of Alabama women braved the scorching sun and high humidity yesterday to make the first recruitment round of invitation-only Philanthropy Day visits. More than 2,000 women are taking part in official Panhellenic recruitment this week, finishing up Philanthropy Days today and moving on to Skit Days, where sororities cut down on invitations, Wednesday and Thursday.
Patrick Murphy speaks to guidance counselors
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Aug. 13
We turn to Tuscaloosa City Schools’ Westlawn Middle School … guidance counselors got a back to school “pep talk” from University of Alabama softball head coach, Patrick Murphy. He shared his thoughts on what are called, “habitudes”, a leadership and motivational tool that combines habits and attitudes.
Local summit encourages women to run for office
The Anniston Star – Aug. 13
Sometimes it’s as simple as asking. At least that was the takeaway Audrey Salgado wanted those attending Calhoun County’s Women Summit on Government Leadership to learn on Tuesday. Salgado, the chairwoman of the 2014 Alabama Project, a campaign to get more women into state-level political offices, said the biggest barrier preventing women from getting involved in politics is that people assume they don’t want to. “The number-one reason women don’t run is because they’re not asked,” Salgado said. “I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true.”…In 2012, the campaign was successful in boosting the number of women in congress from 16.8 percent to 18.3 percent. “I like that it’s going up, but that’s still less than 20 percent,” said Laura Sojka, a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Alabama and Tuesday’s guest speaker. “That’s incredible when you think that women make up half of any population base.”