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Penny White recognized as exemplary, earns UT Chancellor’s Professor designation

October 21, 2021 1:52 pm

The College of Law’s Professor Penny White has been selected as one of the University of Tennessee’s Chancellor’s Professors. With her selection, White joins a group of the university’s most exceptional scholars.

Legal Clinic to offer assistance to Monroe County residents

October 5, 2021 2:12 pm

The University of Tennessee College of Law Legal Clinic is partnering with the Monroe County legal community to host a Saturday Expungement Community Court on Oct. 30. The event will bring together judges, legal partners, and community volunteers at the First United Church of Christ in Sweetwater, Tennessee from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A Return to the Role

October 1, 2021 2:00 pm

If you would have asked Doug Blaze 40 years ago what he wanted to do with his life, he would have told you he wanted nothing to do with a desk job. “Everybody I knew wanted to be a lawyer or a doctor, and that’s not what I wanted to do,” he said.

College providing wellness counseling to law students for third consecutive year

September 14, 2021 11:58 am

College of Law students will benefit again this year from health counseling services designated specifically for them.

Alumni honored for achievement in careers, civic involvement

September 13, 2021 3:48 pm

College of Law alumni Alé Dalton (’16), Will Perry (’11) and John Rader (’08, ’10) are among the 23 Tennessee Volunteers honored at the Alumni Awards Gala.

The Pushy Lawyer: Alumna Kelley Simoneaux impacting policy change

September 12, 2021 8:45 am

For someone who uses a wheelchair, life can be limited to staring at the walls of their home. Leaving the house, affording a vehicle, having an adapted car they can drive or even having the ability to access public transportation can be an insurmountable obstacle.

College hosts annual Connecting the Threads business transactions conference

September 10, 2021 3:07 pm

The fifth annual “Business Transactions: Connecting the Threads” event will take place at the College of Law on Sept. 24. This one-day program will be offered virtually via Zoom, and lawyers will hear from business law professors from the Business Law Prof Blog who are currently teaching at various schools across the United States.

Rise in law school applications yields academically excellent incoming class

September 7, 2021 9:56 am

The University of Tennessee College of Law last month welcomed a new class of high academic achievers from the largest pool of applicants in recent years.

Government handling of Child Tax Credit could mean overall system improvements

September 1, 2021 10:40 am

With impoverished Americans routinely struggling to receive federal assistance to which they’re entitled, the United States government rarely offers solutions that make welfare easier to access. But the recently introduced Child Tax Credit is proving to be the exception.

Student’s work wins third-place finish in ABA contest

August 24, 2021 12:13 pm

University of Tennessee College of Law student Matthew Holman’s work has placed third in a national essay contest sponsored by the American Bar Association. The American Bar Association’s family law section annually hosts the Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest to promote interest and scholarship in family law.