Academic Success Program
Enabling our students to succeed in and out of the classroom is one of the priorities of the College of Law. Our Academic Success Program is designed to support students in those efforts. Before orientation begins for students, during their first year and throughout their second and third years of law school, we offer academic support that is specific to their needs.
Appalachian Justice Research Center
The Appalachian Justice Research Center (AJRC) is a transdisciplinary research and training collaborative co-sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences and the College of Law. The Center is dedicated to advancing community visions for a more just and equitable Appalachia and the Mountain South.
Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution
UT Law takes its responsibility to the judicial system seriously. Through its visionary Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, the college offers an academic concentration in Advocacy and Dispute Resolution designed to prepare students for the rigors of the practice of law.
Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law
The Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law seeks to improve the training of business lawyers in both transactional and litigation practices through the concentration in business transactions for J.D. candidates, Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, a visiting professor program, faculty and student scholarship, field placement opportunities, business focused clinical options, and presentations for the business bar and community, both regionally and nationwide.
Institute for Professional Leadership
The Institute for Professional Leadership helps students develop their leadership skills and professional values through interdisciplinary programming beyond a strictly legal context. The institute hosts courses and practicums in public service and leadership and develops extracurricular programming in leadership and professional development, including collaboration with the college’s Bettye B. Lewis Career Center.
Legal Writing Program
Lawyers are professional writers. Whether it be a letter, a motion, a brief, a complaint, a contract, or any of the other multiple documents attorneys are frequently asked to prepare, lawyers spend much of their professional career writing. A lawyer who cannot write effectively is greatly handicapped in his or her ability to represent clients. Through the Legal Writing Program the college takes seriously its role in training students to become effective legal writers.
UT Pro Bono
Through this student-driven pro bono program, as well as funding opportunities for students who engage in public interest work, the college is committed to expanding opportunities in public service. This dedication is manifested in UT Pro Bono’s active student involvement, faculty support, and a staff position dedicated to addressing access-to-justice issues.
Academic Success Program
Enabling our students to succeed in and out of the classroom is one of the priorities of the College of Law. Our Academic Success Program is designed to support students in those efforts. Before orientation begins for students, during their first year and throughout their second and third years of law school, we offer academic support that is specific to their needs.
Appalachian Justice Research Center
The Appalachian Justice Research Center (AJRC) is a transdisciplinary research and training collaborative co-sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences and the College of Law. The Center is dedicated to advancing community visions for a more just and equitable Appalachia and the Mountain South.
Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law
The Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law seeks to improve the training of business lawyers in both transactional and litigation practices through the concentration in business transactions for J.D. candidates, Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, a visiting professor program, faculty and student scholarship, field placement opportunities, business focused clinical options, and presentations for the business bar and community, both regionally and nationwide.
Institute for Professional Leadership
The Institute for Professional Leadership helps students develop their leadership skills and professional values through interdisciplinary programming beyond a strictly legal context. The institute hosts courses and practicums in public service and leadership and develops extracurricular programming in leadership and professional development, including collaboration with the college’s Bettye B. Lewis Career Center.
Legal Writing Program
Lawyers are professional writers. Whether it be a letter, a motion, a brief, a complaint, a contract, or any of the other multiple documents attorneys are frequently asked to prepare, lawyers spend much of their professional career writing. A lawyer who cannot write effectively is greatly handicapped in his or her ability to represent clients. Through the Legal Writing Program the college takes seriously its role in training students to become effective legal writers.
UT Pro Bono
Through this student-driven pro bono program, as well as funding opportunities for students who engage in public interest work, the college is committed to expanding opportunities in public service. This dedication is manifested in UT Pro Bono’s active student involvement, faculty support, and a staff position dedicated to addressing access-to-justice issues.