The Legal Profession

In the news: White talks gender bias in judicial appointments with Washington Post

September 18, 2015 2:58 pm

Penny White, a UT Law professor and former Tennessee Supreme Court justice, recently discussed the ousting of Fairfax County, Virginia Justice Jane Marum Roush in an interview with the Washington Post.

In the news: Barton talks to Bloomberg about the question ‘are lawyers getting dumber?’

August 20, 2015 10:16 am

Benjamin Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law, recently spoke to Bloomberg Business about the quality of law school students admitted during the legal employment crisis of the past few years. In the article Barton says that willful ignorance kept law schools accepting students even as the legal business was declining.

Nowhere I’d rather be

July 23, 2015 1:51 pm

My clients change my life, as well. Their stories are my stories, and my clients appreciate having an attorney who truly cares for their well-being.

In the news: Barton discusses upside of legal profession crisis

July 13, 2015 9:37 am

Benjamin Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law, recently penned an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education in which he details how the changing legal profession will ultimately benefit consumers, practitioners, and law school students and faculty.