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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.

UT Law ranked 52nd among all law schools by U.S. News

March 10, 2015 2:49 pm
The University of Tennessee College of Law ranks 52nd among all U.S. law schools and 16th for clinical training in the nation, according to the 2016 U.S. News and World Report graduate school rankings released today.

UT Law students, faculty, staff honored at awards banquet

March 6, 2015 2:54 pm
A number of University of Tennessee College of Law students, staff, and faculty were honored for their achievements and service at the annual Honors Banquet on February 27. “This is one of my favorite events of the year,” said Dean Doug Blaze during the event.

UT Law wins Best Brief at National Moot Court Competition in NYC

February 20, 2015 2:56 pm
The University of Tennessee College of Law was awarded the Harrison Tweed Bowl for best brief at the 2015 National Moot Court Competition in New York City. The award was a first for UT Law, whose team competed in the finals against thirty other law school teams from around the country.

Champion for the disabled

December 1, 2014 2:05 pm
By Robert S. Benchley. Originally published in Tennessee Law, fall 2014. Corbin Payne has a head for business and a heart for justice. The 3L majored in accounting as an undergraduate and plans to establish a practice providing legal services to young entrepreneurs.

A presidential legacy

December 1, 2014 2:04 pm
A one-on-one Q&A with Judge Andrew Jackson VI (’81) By Luis Ruuska. Originally published in Tennessee Law, fall 2014. “Three greats and a grand” is how Judge Andrew Jackson VI (’81) describes his lineage to the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson.

Life in the ‘Vortex’

December 1, 2014 2:02 pm
A one-on-one Q&A with UT Law staff member, Jeff Groah By Luis Ruuska. Originally published in Tennessee Law, fall 2014. For Jeff Groah (Lib. Arts, ’84), a circulation supervisor and classroom technology coordinator, UT and the Knoxville area have been home for much of the past three decades.