In honor of the University of Tennessee Legal Clinic's 60th Anniversary the College of Law hosted a celebration and symposium September 14-15, 2007. The symposium explored the future of clinical legal education and was entitled "Looking Forward -- the Next 60 Years of Clinical Legal Education."

The symposium's events included a writing workshop for clinical professors, scholarly presentations highlighting emerging issues for clinical programs, and a special Saturday luncheon. Professor Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama and professor of law at New York University, was the keynote speaker at the Saturday luncheon. Symposium presenters included Professors Brenda Bratton-Blom of the University of Maryland, Kate Kruse of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Tamar Meekins of Howard University, Pamela Metzger of Tulane University, Michael Pinard of the University of Maryland, Stephen Rosenbaum of the University of California-Berkeley, Kim Connolly of the University of South Carolina, Susan Ross of Georgetown University, and Jane Wettach of Duke University.   UT College of Law faculty who participated included Mae Quinn, Dean Rivkin, Jerry Black, Paula Williams, Becky Jacobs, and Carl Pierce. Adjunct Professor Christina Kleiser of the Knox County (Tenn.) Public Defenders office was also a panelist.  Interim Dean John Sobieski opened and closed the symposium.

The weekend culminated with a celebratory dinner acknowledging and thanking Associate Dean Doug Blaze for his contributions as director of the UT Legal Clinic. Blaze was named the 2007 Ritchie-Bernstein Award winner for his many contributions to UT’s clinical programs over the years. The dinner also mourned the passing of two illustrious UT alums and clinic supporters: Art Stolnitz (‘52) and Bob Ritchie (‘62).