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Dean Blaze to receive 2015 Public Service Award
May 28, 2015 12:29 pm
Doug Blaze, Dean and Art Stolnitz and Elvin E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law, was recently selected by the University of Tennessee Alumni Association as the 2015 recipient of the annual Alumni Public Service Award.

Barton pens op-ed for CNN
May 26, 2015 11:30 am
Benjamin H. Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law, recently penned an op-ed piece for CNN titled, “The Fall and Rise of Lawyers.” Throughout the piece, Barton discusses how digital legal services like LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer are changing the legal profession for professionals and consumers alike. Read more here.

UT Law employee elected president of League of Women Voters
May 19, 2015 10:33 am
Cathrynn “Rynn” Dupes, advancement assistant in the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs at the University of Tennessee College of Law, was recently elected president of the League of Women Voters of Knoxville/Knox County.

Aarons talks death penalty with WUOT
May 11, 2015 10:00 am
The Tennessee Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether death row inmates can challenge the constitutionality of electrocution as a method of execution. The hearings stem from a lawsuit against the state by thirty-four death row inmates. Dwight Aarons, associate professor of law, spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about the death penalty in a recent interview.

UT Law grads complete next phase of judge advocate preparation
May 7, 2015 9:40 am
Two soon-to-be graduates of UT Law are a step closer to becoming judge advocates in the U.S. Marine Corps. William Bateman, of Memphis, and Marc Napolitana, of Westford, Massachusetts, will graduate from the College of Law on Thursday.

UT Law professor, recent grad featured in Washington Post
April 9, 2015 12:30 pm
A column published Wednesday in The Washington Post by longstanding contributor and Pulitzer Prize-winner George F. Will features law review articles by Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law Glenn Harlan Reynolds and alumnus Michael Anthony Cottone (’14), a federal judicial clerk.

Transfer application period April 1 to July 1
March 30, 2015 1:19 pm
First-year law students are invited to consider the University of Tennessee College of Law to complete their legal education. Second- and third-year students may take advantage of the college’s academic concentrations in transactional law and advocacy and dispute resolution, its highly regarded clinical programs, and other academic and co-curricular programs for which Tennessee is noted.