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Advocates’ Prize 2025 Winners Announced

The University of Tennessee’s Winston College of Law is pleased to announce the results of Advocates’ Prize 2025, the college’s premier appellate advocacy competition hosted annually by the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution in coordination with the Moot Court

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December 12, 2025

A Legacy of Leadership: The Simmons Siblings Span Practice, Teaching, and the Bench

The statement “great minds think alike” certainly holds for University of Tennessee Winston College of Law alumni Maureen Wood (’05), Terri Simmons (’09), and Charles Simmons (’14).  These three siblings, who grew up in Murfreesboro, Tennessee with no particular interest

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December 12, 2025

$1 Million Pledge from Tennessee Law Firm Supports Scholarships at Winston Law

A $1 million pledge was made on behalf of Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers, P.C., a Chattanooga-based law firm, to support students and faculty at the University of Tennessee Winston College of Law. The gift will support scholarships for students interested

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October 23, 2025

UT Dedicates Winston College of Law

University leadership, community partners, faculty, staff and students gathered Sept. 9 to dedicate the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s newly named Winston College of Law and Frank Winston Law Building. “Today’s celebration of the Winston College of Law is a testament to the

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September 9, 2025

The Clayton Center’s Holistic Approach to Business Law Education

For 30 years, the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law at the University of Tennessee Winston College of Law has enabled students to focus their JD around the legal aspects of business and finance through specialized coursework and its concentration in

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August 5, 2025

Faculty Highlights Spring 2025

An article by Brad Areheart, professor of law, “The Bias Presumption” (with Dave Hall), was recently published by Georgetown Law Journal. Ben Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law, was quoted in The New York Times Magazine article “Lawyer Up? Increasingly, Americans

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June 5, 2025
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At the University of Tennessee Winston College of Law, we are

LIGHTING THE WAY.

We are preparing students to practice law with skill, professionalism, and a distinctive commitment to leadership and public service.

Learn more and apply to Winston Law today

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Recent News & Stories

UT Dedicates Winston College of Law

September 9, 2025

University leadership, community partners, faculty, staff and students gathered Sept. 9 to dedicate the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s newly named Winston College of Law and Frank Winston Law Building. “Today’s celebration of the Winston College of Law is a testament to the lasting impact one person can have,” said Chancellor Donde Plowman. “Mr. Winston, a native of East Tennessee, loved being a Volunteer. I’m grateful for the generosity of The Bill Gatton Foundation, ensuring that Frank Winston’s legacy and impact of his

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The Clayton Center’s Holistic Approach to Business Law Education

August 5, 2025

For 30 years, the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law at the University of Tennessee Winston College of Law has enabled students to focus their JD around the legal aspects of business and finance through specialized coursework and its concentration in business transactions. It is one of the ways that Winston Law has become more holistic in its teaching over the years. Consequently, graduates are coming away more fully prepared to practice in the diverse areas of business law. Beginnings and

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Faculty Highlights Spring 2025

June 5, 2025

An article by Brad Areheart, professor of law, “The Bias Presumption” (with Dave Hall), was recently published by Georgetown Law Journal. Ben Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law, was quoted in The New York Times Magazine article “Lawyer Up? Increasingly, Americans Won’t, or Can’t.” Teri Dobbins Baxter, Williford Gragg Distinguished Professor of Law, authored “History and Tradition of Inequality, Advocacy, and Progress,” to be published in the Kentucky Law Journal. An article by Valarie Blake, professor of law, “The Social Costs

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