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Supreme Court opinion cites work of UT Professor Judy Cornett

May 31, 2017 11:48 am

Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has cited Professors Judy Cornett and Michael Hoffmeier’s article Good-Bye Significant Contacts: General Personal Jurisdiction after Daimler AG v. Bauman, 76 Ohio St. L. J. 101 (2015) in Sotomayor’s opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part in BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell.

UT College of Law climbs to 57th among law schools in U.S. News & World Report rankings

March 14, 2017 4:30 am

U.S. News & World Report released this year’s law school rankings on March 14. UT College of Law climbed eight spots over last year, ranking 57th of the 205 accredited law schools and 31st among public schools.

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.

Professor Ben Barton addresses Stanford Law School and honored guests as visiting scholar

February 10, 2017 2:00 pm

In January UT Law Professor Ben Barton crisscrossed the country speaking to audiences on both the east and west coasts.

Bobby Bramhall (’16) wins big at Baylor Law School’s “The Closer” competition

February 10, 2017 9:57 am

UT Law student Bobby Bramhall (’16) scored a huge win for UT Law last month in Baylor Law School’s elite invitation-only competition, The Closer.

Alumna appointed to Hispanic National Bar Association Latina Commission

December 13, 2016 9:11 am

Alé Dalton ('16) has been appointed to the Hispanic National Bar Association's 2016–2017 Latina Commission. She is one of only nine new appointees nationwide.

UT Law professor garners positive reviews for book published by Harvard

December 5, 2016 8:00 am

Harvard University Press has published a new book by Maurice Stucke, a University of Tennessee College of Law professor and a former trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division.

Moot Court team wins regional competition, headed to national finals

November 21, 2016 3:23 pm

The University of Tennessee College of Law’s Moot Court team is headed to the national final rounds of the National Moot Court Competition after a recent clean sweep at the Region Seven competition.

A Place to Call Home

November 18, 2016 2:46 pm

Although abused and neglected horses often see the worst parts of humanity, one alumna shows them the best. Esther Roberts (’01) is the founder and owner of Starlight Farm Animal Sanctuary and has been on a lifelong mission to rescue horses from dire situations and lead them to greener pastures.

UT Law sets $40,000 goal for Big Orange Give 2016

November 13, 2016 10:56 pm

The University of Tennessee College of Law kicks off its online giving campaign today, as part of UT’s annual Big Orange Give campaign.