The University of Tennessee College of Law is fully approved by the American Bar Association. As part of the law school accreditation process, the Accreditation Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar requires accredited law schools to complete a relevant to continued compliance with the accreditation standards, including data regarding curriculum, faculty, facilities, fiscal and administrative capacity, student retention, bar passage rates, and student placement. Information obtained is reviewed by the Accreditation Committee in accordance with Rule 6 on Interim Monitoring.
Fully approved law schools undergo a full site evaluation every seven years. The next site visit for the University of Tennessee College of Law will take place during the 2022-23 academic year.