Announcements

Spring hooding May 11

May 14, 2012

 

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Lamba Law Society participates in Night of Noise

May 3, 2012

The Lambda Law Society participated for the first time in the Night of Noise on April 20. Held at the University Center, the Night of Noise is a celebration marking the end of the Day of Silence, an annual event created by the Gay-Lesbian-Straight Education Network (GLSEN) that is designed to call attention to anti-LGBTQ [...]

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Surviving Severe Weather and Exams, Cake Walk for Kentucky set for April 24

April 23, 2012

Please join the office of student affairs at noon on Tuesday, April 24, on the College of Law patio for “Surviving Severe Weather and Exams.” The casual gathering aims to help prepare students for severe weather and final exams with helpful tips and fun strategies delivered by Julya Johnson of WATE 6, and Dean Doug [...]

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KBA Law Practice Today Expo April 20

April 16, 2012

The Knoxville Bar Associatioon’s Law Practice T0day Expo will be held Friday, April 20, at the UT Conference Center on Henley Street. Special KBA law student members offers are available.  MORE

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Center for Advocacy Year-End Collaboration April 25

April 16, 2012

The Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution will hold its Year-End Collaboration honoring concentration graduates and faculty on Wednesday, April 25, at Calhoun’s On the River beginning at 5:30 p.m. Center Founder Jerry H. Summers will speak, and the 2012-2013 Summers Wyatt Trial Advocacy Scholar will be announced.

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Professor McKanders needs summer research assistant

April 16, 2012

A summer research assistant is needed to work approximately 40 hours per week during the summer.  Research will be in the area of immigration and asylum law.  Assistant may also have the opportunity to help out with clinic immigration cases over the summer. Students interested in the position should send a resume, current transcript and [...]

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Faculty, student honored at Chancellor’s Honors Banquet

April 11, 2012

Professors Penny White and Becky Jacobs and student Todd Skelton were honored at the 2012 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet on April 9. White won the Jefferson Prize and was named an Outstanding Teacher, Jacobs received an Excellence in Academic Outreach Award and 2L Skelton won an award for Extraordinary Campus Leadership and Service. The Jefferson Prize [...]

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Annual Novak Auction is Thursday during free hour

April 11, 2012

The Student Bar Association will be hosting its annual Allen Novak Auction on Thursday, April 12, during the free hour on the front patio of the law school. All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend and to bid on some wonderful items donated by local businesses and faculty members. Funds raised by the auction [...]

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Faculty, please RVSP to business office regarding spring hooding

April 11, 2012

Faculty who have not already done so are asked to RSVP to Amber Turner in the business office regarding whether they will attend spring hooding on May 11. If in doubt, please go ahead and respond to Amber as soon as possible.

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Please join the College community for thank you video shoot Wednesday

April 3, 2012

The College of Law is working on a thank you video for our donors, both alumni and friends, who helped us reach our recent campaign goal. The college  raised over $15 million in the campaign, and we want to acknowledge that generosity by thanking everyone that contributed. We will be filming a massive group thank you on [...]

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2L Laurielle Campbell spearheads rally for Trayvon Martin

April 3, 2012

Laurielle Campbell, a second year law student at the University of Tennessee College of Law, spearheaded a rally for Trayvon Martin on March 27. The rally took place outside the law school from noon to 1 p.m. Campbell attended Howard University, a historically black college, for her undergraduate studies and was familiar with the various protests that took [...]

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Cara Raines emerges as 2012 1L Advocacy Idol

April 3, 2012

Twenty-four first-year UT law students participated in the Fifth Annual Advocacy Idol Competition on March 27. With the help of their second- and third-year law student coaches, the Idol participants prepared a five-minute opening statement in the second-degree murder case of State of Rockytop v. Bobby “Rambo” Edwards. Panels of judges from various courts across Tennessee, as well [...]

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Reception for Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero set for April 9

April 3, 2012

Join Enlace and UT Law Women for the Second Annual Enlacing Event. The evening reception honoring Mayor Madeline Rogero Monday will be held  April 9, beginning at 5:30 p.m. on the front patio. MORE  

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UT Evidence Moot Court team competes in national finals

April 3, 2012

College of Law students Payten Butler, Mitchell Panter and Leandra Varney recently traveled to New York to compete in the finals of the 27th Annual Prince Evidence Moot Court Competition, which was held at Brooklyn Law School. UT’s team was one of only 36 nationwide to advance to the competition in New York. During the [...]

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TJLP elects Amy Williams Editor-in-Chief; member Lindsey Lyle to have policy note published

April 3, 2012

The Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy has elected Amy Williams as editor-in-chief for the upcoming year and Karina Xart as managing editor. Current EIC Carrie Pond and ME Will Hines also announced that new journal member Lindsey Lyle will have her policy note published in an upcoming journal issue. The title of Lyle’s note [...]

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UT Law hosting entertainment law CLE program March 31

March 26, 2012

“Metamorphosis: How Technology is Reshaping Entertainment” This conference will focus on the clash in values created by the rise of consumer-friendly technologies in a world in which “Hollywood” product is widely demanded and depends on safeguarding the resources needed to create great product. The new entertainment universe is international and instantaneous, making old distribution patterns [...]

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PAD trial teams place fifth and 14th

March 26, 2012

The UT Phi Alpha Delta Trial Team competed in Washington, D.C.  March 8-10. Two teams competed, placing fifth and 14th in a field of 32 teams. The  fifth-place team won the ballot of every judge who saw them but unfortunately did not garner enough total points to advance to the final rounds. The team members were Ashley Thurman (1L), [...]

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Two UT College of Law alumni to speak about ‘Inside Washington’ March 14

March 12, 2012

Two College of Law alumni with broad experience inside the Beltway will visit the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on Wednesday, March 14, to share their experiences. Chuck Fleischmann and Jo-Marie St. Martin will speak on “Inside Washington” at noon in Room 132 of the College of Law. The event is free and open to the [...]

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Minority student admissions workshop set for March 14

March 12, 2012

“Thinking about Law School?” is the theme of a workshop for prospective law students to be held March 14 at the College of Law. The free event, to be held from 3 – 6:30 p.m., is for college graduates, currently enrolled college or community college students, high school students and advisers at these schools. Participants [...]

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Bryson and Purvis team win ’12 Jenkins Competition

March 12, 2012

Dani Westerman-Bryson (3L) and Austin Purvis (2L) emerged as the 2012 Ray H. Jenkins Intramural Trial Competition champions last Thursday evening, besting Lindsay Graham (2L)  in the final round. Bryson and Purvis represented the plaintiff and Graham the state. Additionally, first-year students Kevin Elkins, Anna Swift, Jared Klebanow and Anna Xiques were chosen as witnesses for [...]

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