Meet the Staff

Career Center Staff

Carol Anne Long

Director of the Bettye B. Lewis Career Center and Judicial Clerkship Advisor


E-mail: calong@utk.edu 
Phone: 865-974-4349

Carol Anne Long serves as the office’s primary employer liaison, maintaining relationships with employers and developing interview opportunities for students through the Career Center. She also provides advising assistance to students and alumni, and she serves as the College’s Judicial Clerkship Advisor. Carol Anne practiced both civil and criminal defense litigation with two Knoxville law firms and spent the majority of her legal career as a judicial clerk for Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr. of the Tennessee Court of Appeals and Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr. of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. She is a 2000 graduate of the College of Law and a 1997 graduate of UT Knoxville.

Jordan Houser

Associate Director of the Bettye B. Lewis Career Center


E-mail: jhouser7@utk.edu
Phone:865-974-6840

Jordan Houser advises students on all aspects of their career needs, with a specific focus on public interest, government, and transactional opportunities. Jordan practiced as a transactional attorney in private practice and at a federal agency in Knoxville prior to beginning his career in higher education. Jordan is a 2017 graduate of the College of Law.

Kay Brown

Assistant Director of the Bettye B. Lewis Career Center


E-mail: kaybrown@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-4751

Kay Brown counsels students and alumni on a variety of career development issues, such as assessing skills and interests, preparing application materials, and creating job search strategies. She also manages student participation in off-campus job fairs, tracks employment statistics, and supports our mentoring, judicial clerkship, and public-interest advising programs.

Christie Laird

Middle Tennessee Career Specialist of the Bettye B. Lewis Career Center

E-mail: christielaird@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-9995

Christie Laird is based in Nashville and focuses on establishing and maintaining relationships between the College of Law and the middle Tennessee legal community. She works directly with legal practitioners to facilitate opportunities for students and alumni such as summer placements, permanent position openings, mentoring sessions, and networking events. She has practiced law for more than 20 years, most recently as the vice president and senior litigation counsel for a global payment solutions company. Previously, she served as a judicial clerk and a law firm associate. Christie is an alumna of the College of Law.
About Our Namesake, Bettye B. Lewis

The Career Center is named in honor of Bettye B. Lewis, who served as the first president of the Tennessee Bar Auxiliary and as president of the Memphis Bar Auxiliary. She cared about her city of Memphis, her state, her country, and especially UT, the College of Law, and its students.

Lewis was the matriarch of a family devoted to enhancing the legal profession. On a personal level, she epitomized many of the values the Career Center seeks to develop in its students. Lewis was savvy, smart, trusted, and always genuine. While she met four US presidents and had personal friendships with numerous governmental leaders, she treated each individual she met with the same level of respect and vitality, no matter their station in life.

Contact Us

Bettye B. Lewis Career Center
1505 W. Cumberland Ave.
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996

Phone: 865-974-4348
Fax: 865-974-3068
Office: Suite 157
Email: lawcareer@utk.edu

Contact Us

Bettye B. Lewis Career Center
1505 W. Cumberland Ave.
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996

Phone: 865-974-4348
Fax: 865-974-3068
Office: Suite 157
Email: lawcareer@utk.edu