Three professionals at the University of Tennessee College of Law are beginning the spring semester serving as interim leaders in some of the college’s key administrative positions.
Brad Morgan will be the interim assistant dean for student affairs. Dean Morgan has worked with the College of Law since 2010 in a number of roles, including adjunct professor, mentoring and access to justice coordinator, associate director of the Institute for Professional Leadership and a prior stint as interim assistant dean for student affairs. Most significantly, he has expertly led the Bettye B. Lewis Career Center since 2016. An alumnus of the College of Law, Dean Morgan spent six years in private practice before entering the academy.
Carol Anne Long, a 2000 graduate of the College of Law, will assume the role of interim director of the Career Center, having previously served as the associate director. Before joining the College of Law, Long practiced in both the civil and criminal areas but spent the majority of her legal career as a judicial clerk for Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr. of the Tennessee Court of Appeals and Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr. of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
Rodd Barckhoff, an experienced adjunct professor who has taught legal process and advanced appellate advocacy since 2003, will serve as the interim director of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution. Barckhoff is a 1991 graduate of the College of Law and brings a wealth of practical knowledge and experience to the director role, having spent over 20 years as a staff attorney for the Tennessee Supreme Court. He succeeds Professor Penny White who retired in December after serving as the center’s director since it was established in 2006.
“We are so grateful that Brad, Carol Anne, and Rodd have agreed to fill these critically important roles,” College of Law Dean Lonnie Brown said. “They are each immensely qualified and extraordinarily dedicated to the law school’s mission. I am confident that student affairs, career services and the advocacy center will continue to thrive and advance under their skillful leadership.”