News Archives

Welcome to the Class of 2018
August 27, 2015 11:00 am
UT Law welcomed the newest members of the college family this week, including 116 1Ls of the Class of 2018. The new 1Ls hail from four countries and seventeen states.

In the news: Heminway weighs in on EPB ownership case
August 25, 2015 11:01 am
Joan Heminway, the W.P. Toms Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law, recently spoke to the Chattanooga Times Free Press regarding a case that will determine whether local energy provider Electric Power Board (EPB) is a branch of City Hall in Chattanooga or its own corporate identity.

Faculty Forum, August 2015
August 21, 2015 2:49 pm
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards, and other accomplishments.

In the news: Barton talks to Bloomberg about the question ‘are lawyers getting dumber?’
August 20, 2015 10:16 am
Benjamin Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law, recently spoke to Bloomberg Business about the quality of law school students admitted during the legal employment crisis of the past few years. In the article Barton says that willful ignorance kept law schools accepting students even as the legal business was declining.

UT Law names Morgan first director of diversity and inclusion
August 19, 2015 10:30 am
The University of Tennessee College of Law recently named Katrice W. Jones Morgan as its first director of diversity and inclusion. The new position is part of Dean Melanie D. Wilson’s initiative to promote greater diversity at UT Law and further enrich the college’s community.