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Doug Blaze

A Return to the Role
October 1, 2021 2:00 pm
If you would have asked Doug Blaze 40 years ago what he wanted to do with his life, he would have told you he wanted nothing to do with a desk job. “Everybody I knew wanted to be a lawyer or a doctor, and that’s not what I wanted to do,” he said.

The Pushy Lawyer: Alumna Kelley Simoneaux impacting policy change
September 12, 2021 8:45 am
For someone who uses a wheelchair, life can be limited to staring at the walls of their home.  Leaving the house, affording a vehicle, having an adapted car they can drive or even having the ability to access public transportation can be an insurmountable obstacle.

College hosts annual Connecting the Threads business transactions conference
September 10, 2021 3:07 pm
The fifth annual “Business Transactions: Connecting the Threads” event will take place at the College of Law on Sept. 24.  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.

Student’s work wins third-place finish in ABA contest
August 24, 2021 12:13 pm
University of Tennessee College of Law student Matthew Holman’s work has placed third in a national essay contest sponsored by the American Bar Association. The American Bar Association’s family law section annually hosts the Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest to promote interest and scholarship in family law.

College seeking two full-time faculty for 2022
August 10, 2021 11:33 am
The College of Law is seeking candidates with experience in the areas of business law, corporate and regulatory compliance, education law, environmental law, estate planning, health law, immigration law, legal writing or property.

Law Library exhibit to highlight history of 19th Amendment
August 5, 2021 2:56 pm
The Joel A. Katz Law Library in the College of Law will host “100 Years After the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future,” a traveling exhibit that honors the women’s suffrage movement. The exhibit is a project of the American Bar Association in conjunction with the Library of Congress.