Alabama State Bar

ASB President Thomas J. Methvin and
family—Pictured are Amy and Tom
Methvin, center, and their two sons,
Rucker, left, and Slade, right.
Tom and Amy met when he was in law
school at Cumberland and have been
married for over 18 years. Their children
attend St. James School in Montgomery,
where Rucker is in the 11th grade and on
the basketball team, and 8th-grader Slade is on the football and basketball teams. –Photo by Kenneth Boone Photography
Advertising Rates (PDF)

In This Issue:

• President’s Page

• Executive Director’s Report

• Memorials

• Bar Briefs

• Young Lawyers’ Section

• Opinions of the General Counsel

• Legislative Wrap-Up

• About Members, Among Firms

• ASB Spring 2009 Admittees

ASB LEADERSHIP FORUM:

• Update and General Selection Criteria
By Sam David Knight

• Class 5 Graduates

• A Perspective on the ASB’s 2009 Leadership Forum–Class 5
By Lisa Darnley Cooper

• 2009 ASB Annual Meeting Awards and Highlights

• Celebrate Alabama’s Pro Bono Week
By Phil D. Mitchell

• Alabama Law Foundation Announces Kids’ Chance Scholarship Recipients

• State Bar LRS Offers Discounts to Military Personnel

• Outside the Courtroom and Inside the Classroom:
Career Attorney Discovers Joy of Teaching
By Kimberly L. Wright

• Law in a Changing Climate
By D. Bart Turner and Chris J. Williams

• Advisory Committee on the Alabama Rules of Evidence

• A Labor of Love: Betty Love Blends Family, Service and a Lifetime Love of the Law By Charles F. Carr

• A Brave New World of Judicial Recusal?
By Kevin C. Newsom and Marc James Ayers

• Federal Review of Voting Changes: The U.S. Supreme Court Opens the Door to Relief By John Tanner

• Internet Transactions and Communications: Expanding or
Contracting Traditional Notions of Personal Jurisdiction?
By Anne Sikes Hornsby

Browse previous issues of The Alabama Lawyer

To submit any information for publication, including "Bar Briefs" or legal articles, please contact Margaret Murphy, publications director. For information regarding "About Members, Among Firms", display advertising and classified advertising, please contact Marcia Daniel.