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Christian to serve on NALP nominating committee
April 2, 2020 1:41 pm
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).

Alumnus honored as one of nation’s best under 40
March 31, 2020 4:31 pm
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: March 2020
March 31, 2020 2:39 pm
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.

Loan repayment assistance available to recent graduates
March 27, 2020 5:30 pm
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.

Rosenbaum joins academic fellows of the Pound Civil Justice Institute
March 3, 2020 1:08 pm
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: February 2020
March 1, 2020 3:37 pm
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.

College of Law announces dean candidates
February 11, 2020 12:30 pm
The search committee for the next dean of the University of Tennessee College of Law has identified four candidates who will be visiting campus throughout the month of February. Candidates will be meeting with students, faculty, staff and alumni of the College of Law during their visits.