Before joining the Cumberland School of Law faculty in 2017, Ramona Albin worked as an assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama for more than 10 years. Albin handled criminal trial and appellate litigation. She was also chief of the Appellate Division and argued numerous cases before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Earlier in her career, Albin worked as an assistant district attorney in Texas and Massachusetts. Albin graduated from Wesleyan University and the University of Texas School of Law. She also received a Master of Public Health from Boston University.

She is a member of the Alabama, California, Massachusetts, Michigan and Texas bar organizations and is admitted to practice before the federal district courts in the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Teaching Interests

Evidence, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Public Health Law, Election Law

Practice Experience

• Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama
• Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Assistant District Attorney, Bexar County, Texas

Degrees and Certifications

• BA, Wesleyan University
• JD, University of Texas School of Law
• MPH, Boston University School of Public Health

Involvement

• Member, Eleventh Circuit Appellate Practice Institute Steering Committee, 2011 – present
• Treasurer, Appellate Practice Section, State Bar of Alabama, 2009-2022 
• Co-Chair, Eleventh Circuit Appellate Practice Institute (ECAPI V), Montgomery, AL, August 2014
• Member, Federal Bar Association, 2015–present
• Member, Birmingham Bar Association, 2009–present
• Member, Shores-Vance Inn of Court, 2011–present

Awards and Honors

• Harvey Jackson S. Jackson Excellence in Teaching Award for First-Year Courses, 2022-2023
• Lightfoot Franklin & White Faculty Scholarship Award, 2021
• Harvey S. Jackson Excellence in Teaching Award for Upper Level Courses, 2019
• Harvey S. Jackson Excellence in Teaching Award for First Year Courses, 2018
• B-Metro Magazine, named a Top Lawyer in Birmingham, AL, 2016
• B-Metro Magazine, named a Top Women Attorney in Birmingham, AL, 2016 and 2015

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of Alabama
• State Bar of Massachusetts
• State Bar of Michigan
• State Bar of Texas
• State Bar of California
• United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama

Publications

• Stereotyping Evidence: The Civil Exception to Rule 412 and its Embedded Sexual Stereotypes, 30(1) Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol’y & L., 1-56 (2022).
• Appropriating Women’s Thoughts: The Admissibility of Sexual Fantasies and Dreams Under the Consent Exception to Rape Shield Laws, 68 U. Kan. L. Rev. 617 (2020)
• Patents, Innovation, and Privatization – Commentary on: “Data Management in Academic Perspectives: An Intellectual Property Perspective.” Science and Engineering Ethics 16(4): 777-781 (2010).

Presentations and Lectures

• Presenter, “Innovations in Advocacy Teaching,” Temple Beasley School of Law Online Conference, May 17, 2023
• Presenter, “The Persistence of Rape Mythology: A Comparative Approach,” Cumberland Faculty Workshop, March 24, 2023
• Panelist, “Advocacy and the Bar Exam,” Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills Conference, Stetson University School of Law, June 2022
• Panelist, “Advocacy Scholarship,” Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills Conference, Stetson University School of Law, June 2021
• Moderator and Panelist, “A Call to Change – A Time to Act: Responding to the National Movement for Social Justice,” Training Advocates Conference 2020: Our Virtual Reality, virtual conference hosted by Samford University Cumberland School of Law, August 2020
• Panelist, “Reimagining Advocacy Education,” Reimagining Advocacy Conference, Stetson University School of Law, November 2019
• Presentation, “Sexual Fantasies and Consent: Revisiting the Admissibility of Victims’ Sexual Fantasies Under the Consent Exception to the Rape Shield Law (Fed. R. Evid. 412),” Evidence Workshop at Vanderbilt University School of Law, May 2019
• Moderator and Panelist, “Teaching How to Write and Argue Evidentiary Motions: Methodologies, Opportunities, and Potential Challenges,” Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills Conference, Stetson University School of Law, May 2019.
• Panelist, “Incorporating Advocacy Training into Doctrinal Classes,” Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills Conference, Stetson University School of Law, May 2019
• Panelist, “The Most Effective Argument in White Collar Cases,” American Bar Association Southeastern White-Collar Crime Institute, September 2018
• Panelist, “Developing the Story of Your Case,” Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills Conference, Stetson University School of Law, May 2018
• Moderator, “Developing and Teaching Advocacy Courses,” Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills Conference, Stetson University School of Law, May 2018
• Moderator, “Effective Brief Writing in the Eleventh Circuit,” Eleventh Circuit Appellate Practice Institute, February 2013