Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Professor Michael Higdon highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards and other accomplishments.
Professor Wendy Bach just published a Jotwell Piece titled “Private Debt and Public Violence,” which reviews two articles, Abbye Atkinsons’s “Rethinking Credit as Social Provision” and Tonya Brito’s “The Child Support Debt Bubble.”It’s here: https://lex.jotwell.com/private-debt-and-public-violence/
Professor Bach co-authored with attorney Michael King of Paine Tarwater a set of summaries of the CARES Act eviction provisions which have been distributed statewide for judges. She has also hosted two CLE discussions on the CARES Act provisions regarding evictions.
In her capacity as chair of the AALS clinical section, Professor Bach co-chaired an online conference for the clinical community that will take place on July 21, 22 and 23. Here’s a link to the program: Full Conference Schedule.
As chair of the AALS leadership section, Interim Dean Doug Blaze participated in a webinar titled “From COVID to Black Lives Matter: Lawyers Leading in Crisis.” The other participants were Deborah Rhode (Stanford), Tony Thompson (NYU), Gordon Smith (BYU) and Don Polden (Santa Clara).
Professor Rob Blitt published an op-ed in JURIST titled “To Russia, With Love,” on July 30.
Since this spring, Professor Zack Buck has been serving as a member of the Coronavirus-19 Outbreak Response Experts (CORE-19) team, coordinated through the Baker Center. The team provides timely and evidence-based information for policymakers, industry, and the public on pressing questions regarding the global pandemic. The website for CORE-19 is here.
Professor Buck was interviewed and quoted in a Chattanooga Times Free Press article titled “In Your Face: Can the Government Make You Wear a Mask?”
Professor Buck published two separate pieces in the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Health Law (David Orentlicher and Tamara Hervey, eds., 2020): “Introduction to Regulation of Professionals and Facilities” (with D. Madden, University College Cork, Ireland); and the chapter, “Regulation of Professionals and Facilities in the United States.”
Professor Joan Heminway was a panelist in a program hosted by the Association of American Law Schools regarding the use of research assistants. The “Effective Use of Research Assistants” program is part of the faculty focus series geared to early-career faculty. Past programs are available here.
Professor Heminway participated in a panel discussion at the National Business Law Scholars Conference workshop for new scholars. Her panel discussed how educators can navigate the entry market of legal education.
Professor Heminway was an invited participant in a scholarship roundtable on feminism and corporate governance facilitated byLaw & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice at the University of Minnesota Law School. The journal will publish a follow-up essay by Heminway in a forthcoming volume.
Finally, Professor Joan Heminway is the producer, and served as host, of the Tennessee Bar Association 2020 Business Law Forum, a two-part program focusing on business taxation. Professors Michelle Kwon and Don Leatherman were panelists at the forum, speaking on “COVID-19 and Transaction Tax Planning.”
Professor Glenn Reynolds was interviewed on the Hugh Hewitt radio show about his article that recently appeared in the Notre Dame Law Review Online, “Splitsylvania: State Secession and What To Do About It.”
Professor Reynolds appeared on the Hugh Hewitt radio show on 7/10, talking about his forthcoming book on space commerce, “America’s New Destiny in Space.”
Professor Greg Stein’s article, “Externalities Are Not Illusory,” has been published at 21 Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law 287 (2020).
Professor Maurice Stucke was recently quoted by a number of publications including The Telegraph: “The Four Horsemen of Big Tech Brace for Their Washington Interrogation;” Roll Call: “Big Tech Antitrust Hearing Could be Colossal — or Mere Theater;” FR24 News: “Big Tech’s Antitrust Hearing Could be Colossal – or Simple Theater;” and Sinclair Broadcast group: “Tech CEOs Defend Policies, Reject Antitrust Claims at Combative House Hearing.”
Professor Melanie Wilson served as a panelist discussing “Diversity and Inclusion” at the 2020 Conference for Associate Deans hosted by Texas A&M University School of Law.