Join education and legal professionals in Montgomery, Alabama for a multi-day conference on incorporating historic court cases into middle and high school instruction. This conference for educators will take a pedagogical look at the Constitutional arguments of landmark court cases from the Civil Rights Era. Conference Highlights When Tuesday-Thursday, June 24-26, 2025 Who Middle and […]

In honor of Law Day 2025, The Judge Johnson Institute is highlighting recent remarks from Attorney Fred Gray. In conversation with Dr. Robert White of Alabama State University earlier this year, Mr. Gray discussed his time as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s attorney and his work in America’s Courtroom in front of Judge Frank Johnson. […]

To celebrate Law Day 2024’s theme, “Voices of Democracy,” The Judge Johnson Institute is shining a spotlight on a conversation between two district judges from the U.S. Court for the Middle District of Alabama: Senior District Judge Myron Thompson and Senior District Judge Keith Watkins. Earlier this year, Judge Thompson and Judge Watkins sat down […]