News Archives

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.

Mother of the Law Review
July 26, 2015 3:25 pm
By Luis Ruuska Micki Fox, business manager of the Tennessee Law Review and continuing legal education (CLE) coordinator, has been with UT Law for forty-four years and has no plans of stopping any time soon.

Nowhere I’d rather be
July 23, 2015 1:51 pm
My clients change my life, as well. Their stories are my stories, and my clients appreciate having an attorney who truly cares for their well-being.

In the news: Heminway discusses crowdfunding history
July 22, 2015 10:35 am
Joan Heminway, the W.P. Toms Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law, recently spoke to The Real Deal, New York City’s most prominent real estate magazine, about legislative reform that has affected crowdfunding in the past few years.