In the 1970s , '80s and '90s, testimony that's now regarded as "junk science" helped send some Tennesseans to prison. Today, a small group of UT Law students is patiently working to give those inmates a chance at freedom.
Stephen Ross Johnson (‘02), a UT Law adjunct professor and director of the Innocence/Wrongful Convictions Clinic, was recently sworn in for his second term as a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
UT Law will host a CLE program on Women’s Equality Day 2016 that will focus on women’s impact on law, as well as the law’s impact on women in the legal profession.
An article by Stephanie L. Slater (’90) published in the US Supreme Court Historical Society's Journal of Supreme Court History, offers a rare look into the life of Justice Edward T. Sanford.
George T. “Buck” Lewis (’80), the Larry D. Wilks Practitioner-in-Residence at UT Law’s Institute for Professional Leadership, was recently awarded the William Reece Smith Jr. Special Services to Pro Bono Award.
Visitors to the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture have the unique opportunity to view World War I through the eyes of a UT Law alumnus, now through the end of June.
Every law student—past and present—can talk about those times when they feel stressed, overwhelmed, and overworked. But underneath the thousands of pages of reading and dozens of assignments on their plates lies the real reason why most students enter law school in the first place: to help people.