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Tennessee student team wins national mock trial competition
March 1, 2022 10:59 am
A University of Tennessee College of Law team has won the 2022 national Phi Alpha Delta Mock Trial Competition. The team, including first-year student Kyle Mangrum, and second-year students Alex Allen, Grady McGinnity and Tommy Zoccola, excelled in three preliminary rounds before advancing to the finals and winning out over 21 teams.

New book from professor offers inside look at U.S. Supreme Court
February 25, 2022 11:10 am
College of Law Professor Ben Barton’s latest book, “The Credentialed Court: Inside the Cloistered, Elite World of American Justice,” is the culmination of 12 years of research on the lives of America’s Supreme Court justices.

College of Law honors students, staff, faculty 
February 21, 2022 10:54 am
The College of Law celebrated the outstanding achievements of students, staff and faculty on Feb. 17 at the college’s Honors Banquet and Awards Program. Award categories and winners include: STUDENT AWARDS Knoxville Auxiliary to the Tennessee Bar Association AwardEsther Lewoczko Herbert L.

Lonnie T. Brown, Jr. named next College of Law dean
January 19, 2022 11:30 am
Lonnie T. Brown, Jr. has been named dean of the University of Tennessee College of Law and the Elvin E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law. He begins July 1. Brown, the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and A.

College of Law receives $3 million gift
November 17, 2021 1:32 pm
The University of Tennessee College of Law has received a $3 million gift from a long-time supporter and Chattanooga-based criminal and personal injury law firm partner.

UT College of Law ranked 6th best law school value in the U.S.
November 2, 2021 1:15 pm
PreLaw magazine has ranked the University of Tennessee College of Law as the sixth best value law school in the nation.  The ranking, published in PreLaw’s fall 2021 issue, relates directly to bar passage and employment rates in comparison to tuition, cost of living and indebtedness.

Five candidates vying for College of Law Dean
November 1, 2021 12:57 pm
Five finalists have been named in the search for the next dean of the University of Tennessee College of Law. Finalists will give community presentations on campus beginning next week. All presentations will be held from Noon until 1 p.m. in Room 132 in the College of Law. Monday, Nov. 8—Melanie B.

Five women take home top honors in 2021 Advocates’ Prize Competition
October 25, 2021 5:05 pm
Two second-year students came away victorious from the College of Law’s 2021 Advocates’ Prize Moot Court Competition. Judges named Molly Green-Majewski and Holly Nehls, both second-year law students, as the best team, while Anne Crisp, a third-year law student, was selected as the winner of the Powell Prize for the best oralist.

Challenging History
October 24, 2021 3:30 pm
Three College of Law alumni took on racial injustice in Memphis, and their efforts have forever impacted the city. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 Van Turner stood in the cold, his hands in his pockets as he tried to stave off the chill.