Aliah Hill

Aliah Hill, a 2024 graduate from Cumberland School of Law, will concentrate her practice in general defense litigation. Prior to law school, Aliah was a docent at the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, and worked as a research assistant at Howard University where she worked on two books alongside her professors. While a student at Cumberland, she was an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Trial Advocacy. Her blog post “Bear Arms: Bruen and the Future of 18 U.S.C. § 922” was published by the American Journal of Trial Advocacy in August of 2023. Aliah competed nationally as an advocate on Cumberland’s National Moot Court Team. As a member of Cumberland’s Moot Court Board, Aliah helped plan two moot court competitions and expand the moot court program. Aliah also served as Vice President of Cumberland’s Black Law Student Association in which she represented Cumberland’s chapter nationally at the National Black Law Students Association’s (NBLSA) Annual Congressional Black Caucus Leadership Summit and SRBLSA Regional Convention. Before joining Wade Palmer and Shoemaker, Aliah worked as a judicial extern for Jefferson County District Court Judge Martha Reeves Cook. She also clerked at several firms with a broad range of practice areas, gaining experience in criminal law, real property, and appellate practice.