Ask any current student or alumnus what makes Cumberland School of Law different from other institutions, and answers will always include the quality and strength of relationships that students build with the faculty and staff.
The Cumberland School of Law faculty possess a wealth of expertise, with advanced degrees from top-tier law schools and vast experiences as prosecutors, public defenders, civil litigators, corporate transaction negotiators, judicial clerks and more. They bring their knowledge, real-world experience and academic interests to class every day—to help prepare students to pass the bar exam and launch careers of high-quality service to their clients and communities.
Not only are our faculty nationally known experts in their specialty areas, they promote student interaction beyond the classroom with an open-door policy to encourage students to seek advice, counsel and conversation.
Additionally, the professional staff at Cumberland School of Law, many of whom have law degrees themselves, will help ensure your law school experience is welcoming and enjoyable.
To find a faculty member based on expertise, type in a keyword in the search field below (i.e."Intellectual Property", "Criminal Law", etc.).
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Ramona Carroll Albin
Associate Professor of Law
239HÌýRobinson Hall
April Allen
Director of Operations
Robinson Hall
Jeff Anderson
Professor of Law and Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program
Robinson Hall
Robin W. Andrews
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing
233DÌýRobinson Hall
Nancy Battles
Assistant Director of Admission Operations
Office of Law Admission
132ÌýRobinson Hall
Morgan Black
Director of University Marketing, Marketing and Communication Lead, Cumberland School of Law
201 DÌýCooney Hall
Angela Blocker
Administrative Assistant
222ÌýRobinson Hall
Deborah Clayton
Administrative Assistant to the Dean
102ÌýRobinson Hall
Carlissa Carson
Assistant Professor of Law
201CÌýRobinson Hall
Chris Chrisenberry
Administrative Assistant
Office of the Associate Dean and Student Services
231CÌýRobinson Hall
Charlie Coleman
Law Library Assistant
155AÌýLaw Library
Leslie Coyne
Clinical Instructor in Residence
LaJuana S. Davis
Judge J. Russell McElroy Professor of Law and Director of the Innocence Law Clinic
239GÌýRobinson Hall
Brannon P. Denning
Starnes Professor of Law
214ÌýRobinson Hall
Chinelo Diké-Minor
Associate Professor of Law
239EÌýRobinson Hall
Alyssa DiRusso
Whelan W. and Rosalie T. Palmer Professor of Law
239DÌýRobinson Hall
Will Dorton
Assistant Professor of Law
Robinson Hall
Bianca Evans
Director of Community Outreach
134BÌýRobinson Hall
Jill Elysa Evans
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor of Law
231BÌýRobinson Hall
Charmayne Fillmore
Director of Continuing Legal Education
Robinson Hall
Eric Getty
Clinical Instructor in Residence
Alicia Gilbert
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Robinson Hall
Keta Harmon
Acquisitions Librarian
126CÌýLaw Library
Tona Hitson
Director, Law Student Services
124ÌýRobinson Hall
Lynn Hogewood
Assistant Dean of Academic and Bar Success
M10ÌýRobinson Hall
Erica Holloway
Program Coordinator
Continuing Legal Education
322ÌýRobinson Hall
William Grady Holt
Associate Director
Land Use and Natural Resources Law Center
202ÌýRobinson Hall
Blake Hudson
Dean and Professor of Law
Robinson Hall
Leigh Jones
Evening and Weekend Reference Librarian
155BÌýLaw Library
Layne Keele
Associate Professor of Law
239CÌýRobinson Hall
Paul Kuruk
Lucille Stewart Beeson Professor of Law
231AÌýRobinson Hall
David J. Langum
Research Professor of Law
Gregory K. Laughlin
Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law
150BÌýLaw Library
Jennifer Lovelady
Assistant Director of Graduate and International Programs
215ÌýRobinson Hall
Robert Maddox
Instructor in Residence
Anne L. Marovich
Development Officer
Cumberland School of Law
130FÌýRobinson Hall
Edward C. Martin
Professor of Law and Director of Law School Technology
212ÌýRobinson Hall
Rachel Stewart Martin
Director of Clinics, Externships and Public Interest
224AÌýRobinson Hall
Skye McCammon
Program Assistant
224ÌýRobinson Hall
Tim McFarlin
Professor of Law
206ÌýRobinson Hall
Kerry P. McInerney
Instructor and Director of Graduate and International Programs
213ÌýRobinson Hall
Kimberly Merritt
Trial Advocacy Program Coordinator
301ÌýRobinson Hall
Cat Miaoulis
Director of Admission
Office of Law Admission
132ÌýRobinson Hall
Davina Mitchell
Program Assistant
239ÌýRobinson Hall
Brooke Nixon
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing
233CÌýRobinson Hall
Cameron Pannell
Administrative Assistant to the Registrar
Office of the Registrar
106ÌýRobinson Hall
Kevin Patton
Assistant Professor of Legal Clinics
Emily Price
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing
233BÌýRobinson Hall
Lynda Reynolds
Program Assistant, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Cumberland Law Review and É«»¢ÊÓÆµ's Institutional Review Board
325ÌýRobinson Hall
Honorable James H. (Jim) Roberts, Jr.
Director of National Trial Teams
Tracey M. Roberts
Professor of Law
239BÌýRobinson Hall
William G. Ross
Albert P. Brewer Professor of Law and Ethics
210BÌýRobinson Hall
Allie Saunders
Admission Counselor
Office of Law Admission
132ÌýRobinson Hall
Grace L. Simms
Information Technology Librarian
251AÌýLaw Library
David M. Smolin
Harwell G. Davis Professor of Constitutional Law and Director, Center for Children, Law and Ethics
239FÌýRobinson Hall
Maryam T. Stevenson
Assistant Professor of Law
216ÌýRobinson Hall
Becky Stroud
Director of Alumni Engagement
130ÌýRobinson Hall
Laura Domm Taaffe
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing
233AÌýRobinson Hall
Jeff Whitcomb
Technology Services Manager
Sara L. Williams
Visiting Director of Advocacy Programs
302ÌýRobinson Hall
Christian Wiser
Business Operations Coordinator
Robinson Hall
Matt Woodham
Associate Professor of Law and Assistant Director of Advocacy Programs
301GÌýRobinson Hall
Lane Woodke
Assistant Professor of Law
201BÌýRobinson Hall
Paige Yarbrough
Director of Career and Professional Development
Career Development Office
222BÌýRobinson Hall
Tami Zenker
Law Registrar
106ÌýRobinson Hall
Adjunct Faculty
Michael Billingsley U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama
Hon. Nicholas Danella U.S. Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Alabama
Annesley H. DeGaris DeGaris Law
Leslie S. Ennis É«»¢ÊÓÆµ Orlean Beeson School of Education
Alana C. Frederick Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Donald M. Jackson The Sports Group
Raymond L. Johnson Jr. The Johnson Law Firm LLC
Nicholas J. Landau Maynard Nexsen
Gary Lee Wallace Jordan Ratliff & Brandt LLC
Barbara Luckett Retired
Robert L. McCurley Jr. Author
Hon. Kevin C. Newsom U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Setara Ozan-Foster Kullman Law Firm
Jim Phillips Retired
Cynthia Ransburg-Brown UAB Office of Counsel
Jay D. St. Clair Littler Mendelson PC
Craig M. Stephens Arlington Family Offices
J.B. Ward U.S. Attorney's Office
Kimberly R. West Wallace Jordan Ratliff & Brandt LLC
Ashleigh Woodham Redemption Earned
Advocacy Program Adjunct Faculty
Rip Andrews Marsh, Rickard & Bryan PC
Heidi DiLorenzo Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
Michael Eldridge Hollis Wright & Clay PC
Ron Gault Gaines Gault Hendrix
Brian Hoven Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
Alan Kirk U.S. Attorney’s Office
Julie McMakin Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office
Blake Milner U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tenth Judicial Circuit
Hon. Kandice Pickett Tenth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama
Craig Shirley Hollis Wright & Clay PC
Brian Turner Gregory Fann Turner
Emeriti Faculty
Carolyn B. Featheringill , 2004
Alexander J. Bolla , 2011
Laurel Rebecca Clapp , 2010
Charles D. Cole , 2011
Leonard J. “Jack” Nelson , 2014
Joseph A. Snoe , 2017
LaVone Warren , 2017
Brenda Jones , 2017
Bob Goodwin , 2018
Michael Floyd , 2020
Mark Baggett , 2022
Tom Stone , 2022
Howard Walthall , 2022
Deborah Young , 2022
Brad Bishop , 2023
Henry C. “Corky” Strickland , 2024