Innocence and Wrongful Convictions Clinic

Third-year student Christy Smith argues before Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals

February 24, 2017 10:08 am

Third-year student Christy Smith (’17) stood before a three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals on February 23 and argued the case of Cornwell v. State as a student attorney from UT Law’s Innocence and Wrongful Conviction Clinic.

WBIR: Scavenger hunt: UT students try to clear inmates convicted by ‘junk science’

October 1, 2016 9:00 am

In the 1970s , '80s and '90s, testimony that's now regarded as "junk science" helped send some Tennesseans to prison. Today, a small group of UT Law students is patiently working to give those inmates a chance at freedom.

Innocence/Wrongful Convictions director elected to NACDL board of directors

August 24, 2016 3:56 pm

Stephen Ross Johnson (‘02), a UT Law adjunct professor and director of the Innocence/Wrongful Convictions Clinic, was recently sworn in for his second term as a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Students’ work with FBI, DOJ featured by Knoxville News Sentinel

May 27, 2015 10:35 am

The University of Tennessee College of Law’s Innocence and Wrongful Convictions Clinic was recently featured by the Knoxville News Sentinel for their work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice.