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UT Law student wins 2016 TBA Hastings Writing Competition
April 22, 2016 12:05 pm
Grant L. Ruhl (’17), a student of the University of Tennessee College of Law, was recently named the winner of the 2016 Jon E. Hastings Memorial Award Writing Competition, sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section.

Between the #BlurredLines
April 20, 2016 11:54 am
Where does creativity end and copyright begin? Two UT Law professors join two UT School of Music professors to discuss the Marvin Gaye-versus-Robin Thicke copyright trial and the implications it may hold for the entertainment industry.

Stucke wins Antitrust Writing Award for artificial intelligence article
April 19, 2016 3:03 pm
Maurice Stucke, a professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law and a former trial attorney with the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, recently received a 2016 Antitrust Writing Award for a legal article regarding artificial intelligence.

Faculty Forum, April 2016
April 15, 2016 12:34 pm
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards, and other accomplishments.

The Puzzle Solver
April 12, 2016 11:35 am
Janet Hatcher, interim director of admissions and financial aid, has been with UT Law for thirty-six years, making her one of the college’s most familiar faces.

Heminway discusses the role of securities laws in company statements
April 11, 2016 1:50 pm
Joan Heminway, the W.P. Toms Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law, recently spoke to the International Business Times about recent statements made by four top financial firms that may violate federal securities laws that bar corporate officials from making public statements that might deceive investors.

McKanders talks Syrian refugee resettlement with Mother Jones
April 11, 2016 9:45 am
Karla McKanders, associate professor of law and director of the UT Law Immigration Clinic, recently spoke to Mother Jones about a joint resolution working its way through the Tennessee General Assembly that would order the state’s attorney general to sue the federal government over its refugee resettlement program for Syrians fleeing their country’s civil war.