Baker Center Names Bill Lyons Director of Policy Partnerships
Bill Lyons to become the Baker Center’s inaugural director of policy partnerships.
College of Law Receives $5 Million Gift
The College of Law has named a classroom and will name the moot court program after the Summers, Rufolo and Rodgers law firm.
Marianne Wanamaker Appointed Executive Director of Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
Marianne Wanamaker has been appointed executuve director of UT’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy. Her first day is July 1.
UT’s Final Volume of Polk Letters Covers Race, Disunion, and Pandemic in 1840s
Polk’s letters—most previously unpublished—illuminate his personal life and business affairs.
Cyntoia Brown Long Outlines Obstacles in Justice, Legal Systems
Cyntoia Brown Long shared her personal story during the College of Law’s annual Rose Lecture.
Cyntoia Brown Long to Speak on Re-entering Society after Prison
Cyntoia Brown Long and Charles W. Bone will give the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Law’s annual Rose Lecture on Tuesday, February 23, at noon.
History-Making Alumna Named White House Deputy Director
On November 23, 2020, then President-elect Joe Biden announced that Shuwanza Goff—a 2006 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville—would join his administration as deputy director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs and liaison to the House of Representatives.
Law Students Help Community Members Achieve Goals
The Legal Clinic at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Law is providing entrepreneurs and community members with the legal assistance they need to make their goals a reality.
College of Law Ranked 14th Best Value Nationally
The College of Law has been ranked among the best-value law schools in the country by PreLaw Magazine.
The Conversation: What Lies behind the War in Tigray?
Asafa Jalata discusses the Tigray war declared by the Ethiopian Prime Minister.
Ojeda Explores Link Between Depression and Political Motivation
Christopher Ojeda, an assistant professor of political science, and his colleague Claudia Landwehr, recently published a letter in American Political Science Review arguing that people with symptoms of depression are less likely to be politically active.
College of Law’s Student Employment Success Earns Top 50 Ranking
One of the legal industry’s leading publications has ranked the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Law as a top 50 school using its student employment success as a key factor.