Meet The Deans
Douglas A. Blaze
Dean and Art Stolnitz and Elvin E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law
Professor Blaze, who received a J.D. summa cum laude degree from Georgetown University, was appointed Dean of the College of Law in 2008. Professor Blaze joined the faculty in 1993 as Director of Clinical Programs. Prior to coming to Tennessee, Professor Blaze was on a member of the law faculty at Arizona State University where he helped establish a community-based legal service clinic. He also practiced with the firm of Fennemore Craig in Phoenix, where his practice involved both commercial and tort litigation.
Carol Parker
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Associate Professor of Law and Director of Legal Writing
Professor Parker helps students master the complex skill of legal writing as director of writing and also as coordinator of UT’s academic support program. She was director of the writing programs at DePaul University and Indiana University before joining the UT faculty in 1994. She has written articles on legal writing and torts and has served as chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research. Professor Parker has received the Carden Award for Outstanding Service to the Institution and the Forrest W. Lacey Award. She has also worked in private practice in Chicago.
Greg Stein
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter Distinguished Professor of Law
Professor Stein joined the UT faculty in 1990 after practicing law with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York. His practice experience covered various aspects of real estate finance and development and land use, and he currently teaches courses in these areas. His scholarship in these fields has been published in numerous law journals, including those at Ohio State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Washington, and Washington & Lee. He also is the co-author of a book that helps attorneys develop their expertise in commercial real estate law.
Katrice Morgan
Asst. Dean of Student Affairs
Katrice Jones Morgan was named assistant dean in July of 2007, after serving as an assistant district attorney general in Knox County, Tennessee for six years. Before practicing law, she was an assistant director for advising services for the University's College of Arts and Sciences.
Dean Morgan earned a B.A. with honors from the University of Tennessee in 1990 and a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans in 1997.
Dean Morgan administers the College's academic program. Additionally, she facilitates student life by supporting student organizations, providing counsel to students regarding academics and other concerns, and serving as a liaison between faculty, staff, and students.