News Archives

College of Law leaders assume interim roles

January 13, 2023 2:46 pm

Three professionals at the University of Tennessee College of Law are beginning the spring semester serving as interim leaders in some of the college’s key administrative positions. Brad Morgan will be the interim assistant dean for student affairs.

Three College of Law alumni honored as Volunteer 40 under 40

December 5, 2022 2:02 pm

Chris Davis (’19), Brittany Faith (’12) and Kyle Hixon (’08) are among the university’s honorees.

Students build advocacy, writing skills through annual Advocates’ Prize competition

November 28, 2022 9:27 am

Second-year law students Joshua Cook and Emma Savage Fowler have won the University of Tennessee College of Law’s 2022 Advocates’ Prize competition. The annual event, hosted by the College of Law’s Moot Court Board, offers an opportunity for law students to enhance their skills in brief writing and appellate advocacy.

Students win National Moot Court regional competition, advance to finals

November 22, 2022 9:52 am

Three College of Law students have advanced through the regional rounds of the National Moot Court Competition and will represent the University of Tennessee at the national level in January.

UT College of Law praised as one of the nation’s most affordable law schools

November 21, 2022 1:42 pm

The University of Tennessee College of Law is the 11th Best Value in the nation and one of the nation’s best in business law, according to recent rankings by preLaw magazine.

Anniversary fundraiser event leads Legal Clinic to develop new programs

November 16, 2022 2:11 pm

The College of Law Legal Clinic’s recent 75th anniversary celebration brought together more than 250 people and raised $400,000 in pledges and contributions to help fund a clinical teaching fellowship endowment.

New book from Professor Wendy Bach challenges lawmakers to decriminalize healthcare for impoverished

November 4, 2022 9:58 am

A new book from Professor Wendy Bach details how the Tennessee state government created, passed and enforced a law that criminalized pregnant women who were victims of the opioid epidemic.

Law alumnus takes on role as play producer

October 26, 2022 2:03 pm

Finding health-care attorney Reggie Hill (’80) in the wings of the stage of a theatrical production in Washington, D.C. this summer might have seemed unexpected.

Professor begins one-year appointment with Federal Trade Commission

October 20, 2022 9:41 am

University of Tennessee College of Law Professor Maurice E. Stucke will spend the next year working as a senior advisor to the Federal Trade Commission.

Alumna Elaine Eberhart to lead College of Law fundraising efforts

September 28, 2022 1:38 pm

Elaine Eberhart has joined the University of Tennessee College of Law to serve as the senior director of advancement. Eberhart, a 1983 alumna of the College of Law, has more than 30 years of experience as a fundraiser and gift planner.