Total Credits: 5 including 4 CLE, 1 Ethics
Topics covered during the CLE sessions will include labor law, international law, pro bono opportunities, government relations and more.
| Seminar Handout (3.2 MB) | 24 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Rex Slate graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1996. While in school, Mr. Slate was elected a Student Bar Association Senator, was selected for the law school’s national trial advocacy competition team, received the George “Peach” Taylor award in trial advocacy, received the Stancil R. Starnes scholarship for trial advocacy, and served as Dean Charles Gamble’s research assistant and project manager. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Slate graduated from the University of Alabama in 1982 with a B.F.A. in Theatre. He then studied acting at the University of California, Irvine, receiving his M.F.A. in Drama in 1986. He then moved to New York City to pursue an acting career for the next four years before homesickness set in and he moved back to Alabama to pursue a career in law – the family business. For more than fourteen years, Mr. Slate has represented plaintiffs in a wide variety of cases, including products liability, crashworthiness, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, Dram Shop litigation, commercial motor vehicle accidents, and class actions.
Stan Murphy is a partner at the law firm of Murphy & Murphy, LLC, and an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama Law School. Much of his law practice is focused on securing the legal protections of persons with disabilities. Previously he served as Senior Counsel in the Office of Counsel for the University of Alabama System. Earlier he was special assistant to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1975-1977) and assistant to the Vice-President of Student Affairs at the University of Alabama (1970-1975).
Stan is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the U.S. district courts in Alabama and the Middle District of Florida. He earned a BA from Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania where he was president of the Students’ Association. He received his JD from the University of Alabama School of Law, where he was among the founders and served as the first editor-in-chief of the Law and Psychology Review.
