Events

Clinic event reaches more than 150 East Tennessee residents
October 29, 2020 12:21 pm
In the span of just eight hours, faculty, students and volunteers with the College of Law Legal Clinic helped more than 70 people change their lives. Some of those people faced suspended driver’s licenses. Some couldn’t secure employment. Some faced legal fees they had no ability to pay.

College to host annual Advocate’s Prize competition
October 9, 2020 5:23 pm
The University of Tennessee College of Law will host virtually the annual Advocate’s Prize competition during the week of Oct. 19. The event offers second- and third-year law students the opportunity to present oral arguments in front of lawyers from across the state of Tennessee and beyond.

College of Law hosts Business Transactions conference
September 28, 2020 3:49 pm
The fourth annual “Business Transactions: Connecting the Threads” event will take place at the College of Law on Oct. 16. This one-day program will be offered virtually via Zoom, and lawyers will hear from business law professors from the Business Law Prof Blog who are currently teaching at various schools across the United States.

Students to host 11th annual environmental law conference
August 26, 2020 2:31 pm
The Appalachian Public Interest Environmental Law Conference will take place at the University of Tennessee College of Law on Sept. 26. The 11th annual event, hosted by the College of Law’s Environmental Law student organization, will be offered virtually via Zoom.

College to offer CLE on TN supervised practice rule
May 1, 2020 8:00 am
Law professors at the University of Tennessee and the University of Memphis are partnering to offer a continuing legal education course that explains the state’s supervised practice rule.

Law Women organization honored for fundraising efforts
April 30, 2020 12:43 pm
University of Tennessee College of Law students have earned recognition from the university for their efforts to improve the quality of student life for those on campus. During a virtual ceremony this week, the Law Women student organization was honored from among 56 nominees as an outstanding graduate student organization.

Annual Honors Banquet recognizes outstanding students, staff, faculty
January 31, 2020 10:41 am
The College of Law celebrated the outstanding achievements of students, staff and faculty on Jan. 30 at the college’s Honors Banquet and Awards Program. STUDENT AWARDS Knoxville Auxiliary to the Tennessee Bar Association AwardKaleb Byars Herbert L.

Conference will examine environmental impact of pipelines
January 28, 2020 10:01 am
The University of Tennessee College of Law will host the Oil and Gas Pipeline Legal Conference on Friday, Feb. 28. The event, sponsored by the Native American Law Students Association and the Environmental Law Organization, will feature discussions about pipeline conflicts in the homelands of indigenous people and water pipeline construction in the Mojave Desert.

Legal Clinic plans expungement event to serve Polk County
October 23, 2019 3:58 pm
The University of Tennessee College of Law Legal Clinic is partnering with the Polk County legal community to host a Saturday Expungement Community Court on Nov. 23. The event will bring together judges, legal partners, and community volunteers at the First Baptist Church of Benton from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.