UA Law School to Host Symposium on Death Penalty

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Legal scholars will visit The University of Alabama School of Law April 8 to discuss the death penalty.

The symposium, Final Judgments: The Death Penalty and American Law, will be held in the Bedsole Moot Courtroom, room 140.

The conference will explore the finality of death penalty judgments and examine the jurisprudence of capital punishment. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public.

The symposium is co-sponsored by the Alabama Law Review, a nationally recognized journal of legal scholarship and the flagship legal journal in the state of Alabama.

The symposium will feature:

Jenny Carroll, University of Alabama School of Law

Jennifer L. Culbert, Johns Hopkins University

Carissa Byrne Hessick, University of Utah School of Law

Daniel LaChance, Emory University

Corinna Barrett Lain, University of Richmond School of Law

Daniel S. Medwed, Northeastern University School of Law

More information is available by clicking here: https://www.law.ua.edu/calendar/event/the-death-penalty-and-american-law-symposium/

One of America’s leading public law schools, and the “#1 Best Value Law School” in the nation, according to the National Jurist, for two years in a row (2012 and 2013), The University of Alabama School of Law offers a challenging curriculum with over 150 electives, several dual enrollment opportunities, Master of Laws degrees, and a J.S.D. With a student-to-faculty ratio of approximately 11:1, the Law School offers students a rigorous, hands-on learning experience, with strong student engagement in clinical programs, law review, moot court and trial advocacy.