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Five candidates vying for College of Law Dean
November 1, 2021 12:57 pm
Five finalists have been named in the search for the next dean of the University of Tennessee College of Law. Finalists will give community presentations on campus beginning next week. All presentations will be held from Noon until 1 p.m. in Room 132 in the College of Law. Monday, Nov. 8—Melanie B.

Five women take home top honors in 2021 Advocates’ Prize Competition
October 25, 2021 5:05 pm
Two second-year students came away victorious from the College of Law’s 2021 Advocates’ Prize Moot Court Competition. Judges named Molly Green-Majewski and Holly Nehls, both second-year law students, as the best team, while Anne Crisp, a third-year law student, was selected as the winner of the Powell Prize for the best oralist.

Challenging History
October 24, 2021 3:30 pm
Three College of Law alumni took on racial injustice in Memphis, and their efforts have forever impacted the city. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 Van Turner stood in the cold, his hands in his pockets as he tried to stave off the chill.

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.
Doug Blaze

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.