Ramona Albin
Ramona Albin, associate professor and director of Cumberland’s advocacy program, is a member of the planning committee for the Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills Conference sponsored by Stetson University College of Law in June 2021. Albin is spearheading the committee tasked with sessions on research and publication by advocacy faculty. Additionally, she recently joined the Board of Directors for the nonpartisan nonprofit Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, whose mission is to achieve justice and equity for all Alabamians.
T. Brad Bishop
The fifth edition of T. Brad Bishop's book, Municipal Courts, is now available. This edition includes eight years of updates and includes sections such as an Alabama justice system overview, municipal court administration and personnel, court room procedure, hearings and motions, and much more. The edition is not only for judges, clerks and magistrates. It's a great resource for any professional who works with municipal courts.
Alyssa DiRusso
Alyssa DiRusso, the Whelan W. and Rosalie T. Palmer professor of law, published "Elder Law: Introduction," 46 ACTEC L. J. 1 (fall 2020), as the first article in the journal’s theme volume on elder law. DiRusso is the current academic editor of the ACTEC Law Journal and is an academic fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).
Tim McFarlin
In February, associate professor Tim McFarlin presented his project called “The Rhythm of Copyright” at this year’s virtual Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium organized by American University Washington College of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, and the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. Last summer, the Saint Louis University Law Journal published McFarlin’s essay, “Using Open-Source, Collaborative Online Reading to Teach Property,” 64 St. Louis U. L.J. 355 (2020), in a special issue focused on teaching property law.
Tracey Roberts
Tracey Roberts, associate professor and director of assessment, presented "What the Response to COVID-19 Can Teach Climate Change Advocates," as part of the Flattening the Curve—COVID-19 and Climate Change webinar panel hosted by the American Bar Association’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Section on June 30, 2020. Her summer Tax Policy Seminar recently received certification as a Samford approved online course. She was appointed as director of assessments for the law school in late September. On Sept. 24, she presented "The Carbon Tax: Efficient, Effective, and Procedurally Perfect" as part of the virtual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation. She presented her paper "Regulatory Taxation Revisited" on Oct. 2 as part of the online Junior Tax Workshop hosted by the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, and she provided comments for papers by Daniel Schaffa and Michelle Layser on Oct. 16. She presented her paper, "Whiskey, Women and Tax," during a virtual panel talk offered by Vulcan Park & Museum on Nov. 12 and at the University of Oregon School of Law Tax Policy Colloquium on Nov. 18. Finally, she presented her paper, "Stranded Assets and Efficient Pricing for Regulated Utilities: A Federal Tax Solution," 11 COLUMB. J. TAX L. 1 (2019) as part of the National Tax Association meeting on Nov. 19.
