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.
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Adjunct Faculty
Jay R. Bender
Partner, Bradley Arant Boult CummingsLLP
Annesley H. DeGaris
Founding Partner, DeGaris Law
Leslie S. Ennis
Professor, Samford University Orlean Beeson School of Education
Heather R. Fann
Partner, Gregory Fann Turner
Alana C. Frederick
Attorney, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh District
Christopher L. Hawkins
Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Alabama
Elizabeth McIntyre Hill
Gaines, Wolter and Kinney PC
Mark M. Hogewood
Member, Wallace Jordan Ratliff & Brandt LLC
Donald M. Jackson
Founder, The Sports Group
Nathan W. Johnson
Member, Nathan Johnson PC
Raymond L. Johnson Jr.
Shareholder, The Johnson Law Firm LLC
Victor Kelley
Owner, The National Military Justice Group
Nicholas J. Landau
Shareholder, Maynard Nexsen
Barbara Luckett
Retired
Robert L. McCurley Jr.
Author
Kevin C. Newsom
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Cynthia Ransburg-Brown
University Counsel, UAB Medicine Enterprise
Mitchell L. Reid
State Director, The Nature Conservancy
Jay D. St. Clair
Shareholder, Littler Mendelson PC
Craig M. Stephens
Partner, Arlington Family Offices
Lewanda K. VanPelt
Program Manager, Transportation Security Administration
Kimberly R. West
Member, Wallace Jordan Ratliff & Brandt LLC
Advocacy Program Adjunct Faculty
Rip Andrews
Partner, Marsh, Rickard & Bryan PC
Brittany Byrd
Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Heidi DiLorenzo
Attorney, Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
Michael Eldridge
Attorney, Hollis Wright & Clay PC
Ron Gault
Managing Partner, Gaines Gault Hendrix
Brian Hoven
Attorney, Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
Alan Kirk
Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Julie McMakin
Deputy District Attorney, Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office
Blake Milner
Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Judge Kandice Pickett
Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama
Brian Turner
Partner, Gregory Fann Turner