Penny White

Students build advocacy, writing skills through annual Advocates’ Prize competition
November 28, 2022 9:27 am
Second-year law students Joshua Cook and Emma Savage Fowler have won the University of Tennessee College of Law’s 2022 Advocates’ Prize competition. The annual event, hosted by the College of Law’s Moot Court Board, offers an opportunity for law students to enhance their skills in brief writing and appellate advocacy.

Brooklyn Sawyers Belk to serve as advocate in residence
February 13, 2021 1:27 pm
Alumna Brooklyn Sawyers Belk is serving the College of Law this semester as an advocate in residence and visiting professor. In that position, Belk will be teaching and mentoring students. She will also present a community-wide lecture.

Faculty Forum: January 2021
February 1, 2021 4:50 pm
Faculty Forum is a monthly feature written by Professor Michael Higdon highlighting the achievements of faculty at UT Law including publications in academia and the media, speaking engagements, interviews, awards and other accomplishments.

Latest in College of Law video series addresses jury selection
October 12, 2020 4:42 pm
The College of Law faculty have released the latest in the video series “How Did We Get Here?” with further examination of the U.S. jury system. In this most recent addition to the series, Professor Penny White discusses how juries rarely, if ever, reflect the racial diversity of the community – particularly in criminal cases.

College to host annual Advocate’s Prize competition
October 9, 2020 5:23 pm
The University of Tennessee College of Law will host virtually the annual Advocate’s Prize competition during the week of Oct. 19. The event offers second- and third-year law students the opportunity to present oral arguments in front of lawyers from across the state of Tennessee and beyond.

Faculty Forum: April 2020
April 30, 2020 2:50 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’s proposal for the “Advancing Management Research in Latin America” conference received the Best Conference Paper Proposal Award.

Faculty Forum: January 2020
January 30, 2020 10:19 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.

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).