Legal Clinic to offer assistance to Monroe County residents

October 5, 2021 2:12 pm
The University of Tennessee College of Law Legal Clinic is partnering with the Monroe County legal community to host a Saturday Expungement Community Court on Oct. 30. The event will bring together judges, legal partners, and community volunteers at the First United Church of Christ in Sweetwater, Tennessee from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A Return to the Role

October 1, 2021 2:00 pm
If you would have asked Doug Blaze 40 years ago what he wanted to do with his life, he would have told you he wanted nothing to do with a desk job. “Everybody I knew wanted to be a lawyer or a doctor, and that’s not what I wanted to do,” he said.

The Pushy Lawyer: Alumna Kelley Simoneaux impacting policy change

September 12, 2021 8:45 am
For someone who uses a wheelchair, life can be limited to staring at the walls of their home.  Leaving the house, affording a vehicle, having an adapted car they can drive or even having the ability to access public transportation can be an insurmountable obstacle.