Michael Higdon

College of Law Announces Leadership Changes
August 9, 2023 9:25 am
The University of Tennessee College of Law is pleased to announce changes in several key leadership positions. Dean Lonnie Brown expressed excitement over the appointments of Michael Higdon, Teri Baxter and Brad Morgan to his leadership team.

Faculty Forum: February 2021
March 1, 2021 5:12 pm
Professor Brad Areheart’s work on organizational justice was recently featured in Forbes.  In the article, “Can We Trust Corporate Commitments to Racial Equity?,” UNC law professor Ifeoma Ajunwa referenced Areheart’s article “Organizational Justice and Antidiscrimination,” published in the Minnesota Law Review in 2020. Professor Ben Barton was the kickoff speaker for the Stanford Legal Tech and the Future of Civil Justice conference.

Faculty Forum: February 2020
March 1, 2020 3:37 pm
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Michael Higdon highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards, and other accomplishments. Professor Eric Franklin Amarante was featured in the NPR/WUOT piece “Reckoning With the Past as the Knoxville Science Museum Proposal Moves Forward.

Faculty Forum: February 2020
February 28, 2020 3:11 pm
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Michael Higdon highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards, and other accomplishments. Professor Eric Franklin Amarante was featured in the NPR/WUOT piece,“Reckoning With the Past as the Knoxville Science Museum Proposal Moves Forward.

Faculty Forum: August 2019
September 2, 2019 10:32 am
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Michael Higdon highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards, and other accomplishments. Professor Dwight Aarons published The Legislature as the Place for Crafting Policies for Corporations, 20 Tenn. J. Bus. L. 959 (2019).

Faculty Forum: April 2019
May 1, 2019 10:15 am
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Teri Baxter highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards, and other accomplishments. Professor Eric Franklin Amarante’s article, Criminalizing Immigrant Entrepreneurs (and Their Lawyers),will be published in Volume 61 of the Boston College Law Review.

Faculty Forum: January 2019
February 1, 2019 12:53 pm
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Teri Baxter highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards, and other accomplishments. Professor Eric Franklin Amarante was interviewed and quoted in the article “White supremacist groups exploit IRS loophole to make millions” on ThinkProgress.org.

Faculty Forum – August 2018
September 1, 2018 10:21 am
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Teri Baxter highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards, and other accomplishments. Professor Eric Franklin Amarante’s article, Unregulated Charity, will be published in a forthcoming issue of the WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW.

Faculty Forum: March 2018
March 29, 2018 12:40 pm
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Teri Baxter highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards, and other accomplishments. Professor Eric Franklin Amarante’s article The Perils of Philanthrocapitalism will appear in Volume 78 of the Maryland Law Review.

Professor finds balance, fulfillment through stages of his life
September 5, 2017 10:08 am
A unique collection of black-framed prints is strategically displayed on Law Professor Michael Higdon’s office in the University of Tennessee College of Law. All theatrical posters of well-known plays, the prints add a colorful focal point to an otherwise dull and tall white wall.