Benjamin Barton

Oxford publishes UT Law professor’s book on benefits of legal profession’s challenges

July 22, 2015 10:42 am

Today's legal profession faces a number of challenges, including a smaller job market and fewer law school applicants. But University of Tennessee College of Law Professor Benjamin Barton argues that these struggles may transform the practice of law and benefit American consumers.

In the news: Barton discusses upside of legal profession crisis

July 13, 2015 9:37 am

Benjamin Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law, recently penned an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education in which he details how the changing legal profession will ultimately benefit consumers, practitioners, and law school students and faculty.

Barton talks LegalZoom, Big Law in new Bloomberg BNA piece

July 2, 2015 1:40 pm

Throughout the piece, Barton discusses LegalZoom's increasingly prominent role in the legal field and how the company has "climbed the ladder and is now taking clients that would likely have used a lawyer fifteen years ago.

Barton pens two-part series for Bloomberg BNA

June 19, 2015 9:18 am

Benjamin Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law, recently penned a two-part series for Bloomberg’s Bureau of National Affairs that pulls from Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen’s book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, and applies its findings to Big Law.

The Informant: June 8, 2015

June 8, 2015 8:50 am

The latest news from around the University of Tennessee College of Law.

Barton pens op-ed for CNN

May 26, 2015 11:30 am

Benjamin H. Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law, recently penned an op-ed piece for CNN titled, “The Fall and Rise of Lawyers.” Throughout the piece, Barton discusses how digital legal services like LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer are changing the legal profession for professionals and consumers alike. Read more here.