Michael J. Higdon
Director of Legal Writing and Associate Professor of Law
B.A., 1995, Erskine College
M.A., 1997, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
J.D., 2001, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
michael.higdon@tennessee.edu
Courses Taught
- Family Law
- Legal Process I and II
- Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
About
Professor Higdon joined the UT faculty in August 2009 after spending five years at the University of Nevada, Boyd School of Law where he taught a variety of courses including Legal Research and Writing, Family Law, Trusts and Estates, Legal Drafting, Advanced Advocacy, and Pretrial Litigation. Prior to entering academia, Professor Higdon practiced commercial and employment litigation with the firm of Schreck Brignone (now part of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck) in Las Vegas.
Professor Higdon teaches and writes in the areas of Family Law; Sexuality, Gender and the Law; and Legal Writing. His scholarship in this area has been published in several journals, including the U.C. Davis Law Review, the Wake Forest Law Review, and the Indiana Law Journal. Currently, he also serves as member of the national Board of Directors for the Legal Writing Institute.
Professor Higdon received the J.D. in 2001 from the University of Nevada, graduating first in his class and receiving the James E. Rogers Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. While in law school, Professor Higdon served as editor-in-chief of the Nevada Law Journal. He went on to clerk for Judge Procter Hug, Jr. on the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
He was named Director of Legal Writing in 2011.