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UT Law students learn to lead with Australian peers
February 3, 2016 3:22 pm
Over the winter break, law students from the University of Tennessee College of Law’s Institute for Professional Leadership learned how to lead alongside their Australian peers by teaming up for a new short course offered by the University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law.

Heminway published in January issue of Business Law Today
January 27, 2016 9:00 am
Joan Heminway, W.P. Toms Distinguished Professor of Law, recently was featured in the January issue of Business Law Today. Heminway’s article, “The Death of an LLC: What’s Trending in LLC Dissolution Law,” presents and illustrates two key trends in LLC dissolution law: corporate law rules and freedom of contract principles.

Faculty Forum, January 2016
January 21, 2016 11:36 am
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.

McKanders, Schaefer published in January issue of DICTA
January 20, 2016 9:30 am
Associate professors Karla McKanders and Paula Schaefer were both published in the January 2016 issue of DICTA, the official monthly magazine of the Knoxville Bar Association. McKanders’s article, “Global Becomes Local: Working with Interpreters,” discusses the “ethical implications and logistics of working with interpreters,” as the foreign-born population continues to increase locally and nationwide.

Cosby named UT Law Library associate director
January 4, 2016 1:41 pm
UT Law welcomed Michelle T. Cosby this week as the new associate director of the college’s Joel A. Katz Law Library. In her new position, Cosby will oversee the daily operation of the Law Library, which is staffed by seven faculty members and eight library staff.

UT Law to honor Martin Luther King legacy with week of events
December 17, 2015 10:03 am
The UT Law community will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the legacy of the day’s namesake through a week of events that focus on service, dialogue, and community-building. The college’s Martin Luther King Jr. Week will be January 16–22, 2016.