Alex Long is the Williford Gragg Distinguished Professor of Law.  He served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Law from 2014 – 2018.  Professor Long came to the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2007 after teaching at the Oklahoma City University School of Law and West Virginia University College of Law.

Professor Long teaches and writes in the areas of Torts, Professional Responsibility, Employment Law, and Disability Law. His scholarship in these areas has been published in numerous journals, including the Northwestern Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, and Emory Law Journal, and has been frequently cited by courts.  He is also the co-author of Professional Responsibility in the Life of the Lawyer (West Academic); Developing Professional Skills:  Professional Responsibility (West Academic); Torts:  A Modern Approach (Carolina Academic Press); and Advanced Torts (Carolina Academic Press).  His most recent book, Professional Wrestling and the Law (McFarland), was published in 2024.

Professor Long has received the law school’s Harold C. Warner Outstanding Teacher Award; the W. Allen Separk Faculty Scholarship Award; the Carden Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship; and the Carden Award for Outstanding Service to the Institution.  He is a contributing author to the Knoxville Bar Association’s “Schooled in Ethics” column and regularly speaks on legal ethics issues to various groups.

Before entering academia, Professor Long was an associate in the labor group of the Clarksburg, West Virginia office of Steptoe & Johnson.  He received his law degree from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he was Topics & Research Editor for the William & Mary Law Review.

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J.D., 1998, William and Mary School of Law

B.A., 1991, James Madison University

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