The University of Tennessee Winston College of Law will welcome Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sarah K. Campbell (’04), an accomplished jurist and UT alumna, as the keynote speaker for the college’s Spring 2026 commencement ceremony. Justice Campbell joined the Tennessee Supreme
The University of Tennessee Winston College of Law’s National Moot Court Team claimed first place at the Region VII Competition of the 76th Annual National Moot Court Competition, held in November at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. This marks the National
Megan McQueen, third-year student at the University of Tennessee Winston College of Law, has secured a prestigious judicial clerkship with the Delaware Court of Chancery, where she will serve under Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn beginning in fall 2026. The opportunity places
University of Tennessee Winston College of Law faculty continued to distinguish themselves throughout the fall semester through impactful scholarship, national and international leadership, and service to the profession. The following highlights showcase a selection of notable faculty accomplishments from fall 2025. Andrew D. Appleby, associate professor of law, was
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
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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Fifteen minutes–that was how long one man’s parole hearing lasted in 2023. The man, sentenced to a life term of imprisonment at age 15, is considered one of Tennessee’s “juvenile lifers.” The hearing was the first time he was eligible for release after close to three decades in prison. Conducted via videoconference without an attorney or any witnesses present, the man’s parole was denied after 15 minutes, and he was told he would have to wait three more years to
In the fall semester’s waning moments, the University of Tennessee College of Law’s Transactional Law Clinic received a rather unusual request. The caller was in possession of stolen property and hoped the Legal Clinic could represent them. The caller was April Hollingsworth, executive director of Fabled Farm Rescue & Sanctuary, a nonprofit animal rescue in Middle Tennessee “committed to accepting and placing unwanted equines, farm animals, and kittens in qualified, loving forever homes, while continuing to care for the unadoptable
Another $2 million pledge was made on behalf of Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers, P.C., a Chattanooga-based law firm, to support students at the University of Tennessee College of Law. The gift will support the Summers, Rufolo, and Rodgers Scholarship Endowment, the Douglas A. Blaze Leadership Scholarship, and the John K. Morgan Trial Advocacy Endowment. “It is our way of playing it forward in appreciation for our clients’ faith in and support of Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers over the past 55 years,”