How You Can Support the College of Law
The College of Law depends on private support to achieve its long-term objective: creating an environment in which students and faculty together promote the role of law in pursuit of justice for citizens of the state and nation. With this goal in mind, we have identified four priority areas in need of your support:.
Scholarship Support
Our mission as part of a land-grant institution is to provide access to excellent legal education for Tennesseans and to assemble a student body that mirrors the diversity in our state. Your help increases the number of deserving students who receive scholarship support while ensuring that students make career choices based not on the need to repay debt, but on their talents, personal goals, and commitment to a just and civil society.
Faculty Support
As the college continues to improve its national reputation, private funding enhances faculty resources and provides support for research grants, research assistants, professorships and travel. With your help, we will recruit, retain, and promote the best professors, those who help shape the future of a thriving economy and just society.
Program Support
Our innovative academic programs and concentrations allow students to learn the law in the context of practice and policy. Private support of our clinical and outreach programs fosters our national reputation and allows us to continue providing outstanding representation to clients. Your support also strengthens the university’s highly ranked programs such as:
- The Charles H. Miller Legal Clinic
- The James L. Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law
- The Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution
- The Legal Writing Program
Library Resources
We rely increasingly on private support to provide library resources for the law school and legal community. The law is dynamic and evolving; our legal materials must keep pace to ensure excellent teaching, learning, scholarship, and outreach.
There are several ways for you to make a tax deductible contribution to the University of Tennessee College of Law. Some of these way are:
- Annual giving to the Tennessee Law Fund / College Fund for Law
- Endowed gifts supporting scholarships or student programming
- Securities, Property, and Planned Giving
- One Time Contributions to the University of Tennessee College of Law
These gifts will allow us to build on our strengths and foster and environment of excellence in which students and faculty increase their knowledge and expertise – and return their talents to the community at large.
The University of Tennessee has designated the UT Foundation as the preferred channel for all private contributions.
Contact Us
Office of Development
and Alumni Affairs
1505 W. Cumberland Ave.
Suite 157
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: (865) 974-6691
Fax: (865) 974-3997
For General Questions, please contact:
Alexis Bell, Advancement Assistant
(865) 974-6691
Questions about Events or Alumni Event Planning can be addressed to:
Bo Odom, Advancement Assistant
(865) 974-6858