When confronted by the rise of the coronavirus, COVID-19, in February, College of Law students enrolled in the International Human Rights Law seminar course began to assess impacts that can flow from global pandemics and from governmental actions intended to curb their spread.
Joe Christian, the assistant director of the College of Law’s Bettye B. Lewis Career Center, has been elected to the nominating committee of NALP (the National Association for Law Placement).
College of Law graduate Taylor Wirth has been named one of the 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 by the National LGBT Bar Association. Each year the LGBT Bar recognizes LGBTQ+ legal professionals from among practicing lawyers, law professors, corporate counsel, members of the judiciary or politicians.
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Michael Higdon highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards, and other accomplishments. Marquette Law Review published Professor Robert Blitt’s article The International Religious Freedom Act: Non-State Actors and Freedom From Sovereign Government Control.
Recent graduates with student debt who work in public interest law can receive assistance through a program being offered by the University of Tennessee College of Law. Four graduates each will receive up to $4,000 this year through the Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, PC Loan Repayment Assistance Program.
Those who are struggling as a result of the coronavirus, COVID-19, may be able to find assistance through the University of Tennessee Legal Clinic and resources created by College of Law alumni.
University of Tennessee College of Law Professor Briana Rosenbaum has been named an academic fellow of the Pound Civil Justice Institute. Rosenbaum’s research and writing interests, in the areas of procedure, institutional reform and access to justice in the federal justice system, firmly align with those of the Pound Civil Justice Institute.
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Michael Higdon highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards, and other accomplishments. Professor Eric Franklin Amarante was featured in the NPR/WUOT piece “Reckoning With the Past as the Knoxville Science Museum Proposal Moves Forward.