The Informant
October 2, 2007
(2007-08 Archives)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
| Associate Dean Doug Blaze (left) receives the Ritchie-Bernstein Award for his contributions to the UT Legal Clinic during his tenure as director. Also pictured are new Clinic Director Ben Barton (center) and former Director Jerry Black. |
Prof. Doug Blaze honored as UT Legal Clinic celebrates 60th with symposium, dinner
In honor of the University of Tennessee Legal Clinic's 60th Anniversary, the College of Law hosted a celebration and symposium Sept. 14-15 that explored the future of clinical legal education -- "Looking Forward -- the Next 60 Years of Clinical Legal Education."
The weekend's events included a writing workshop for clinical professors, scholarly presentations highlighting emerging issues for clinical programs, and a dinner acknowledging and thanking Associate Dean Doug Blaze for his contributions as former director of the UT Legal Clinic. Blaze was named the 2007 Ritchie-Bernstein Award winner during the anniversary dinner Saturday evening.
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 a special 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. Christina Kleiser of the Knox County (Tenn.) Public Defenders office was also a panelist.
UT College of Law faculty who participated were Mae Quinn, Dean Rivkin, Jerry Black, Paula Williams, Becky Jacobs, and Carl Pierce. Interim Dean John Sobieski opened the symposium.
The symposium sessions were videotaped and are available online. You will find a page linking you to all the programs here.
 James M. Van Nostrand, a Visiting Professor at the James L. Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law this fall teaching Energy Law & Regulated Industries and Business Associations, spoke on “The Greening of America’s Energy Policy” Wednesday, Sept. 26, as part of the Center's 2007 Fall Lecture Series. Van Nostrand is a partner with Perkins Coie in Portland, Ore., and practices in the areas of electricity and gas regulation, utility mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications, and administrative law.
The Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution is sponsoring a program Monday, Oct. 1, entitled “Communicating With Judges and Juries” in Room 132 from 12:20 until 1:10 p.m. The program will be taught by Alan Blumenfeld and Katherine James, members of the American Society of Trial Consultants. Founders of Act of Communication, Blumenfeld and James have over 30 years experience conducting seminars and workshops with attorneys and as part of faculties at various trial colleges, universities, and law schools including NITA, ALI-ABA, Harvard Law School, AAJ's Ultimate College, and scores of others. All students, faculty and staff are welcome.
The law school community is invited to “Mediation Day in Tennessee,” at which time UT law Prof. Emeritus Grayfred Gray will receive the First Annual Grayfred Gray Public Service Mediation Award in recognition of his original and lasting contribution to the development of mediation awareness in Tennessee. The event will be held Thursday, Oct. 18, in Nashville beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Ezell Center at Lipscomb University. UT Law Prof. Becky Jacobs will make introductory remarks at the ceremony. More information available here.
The UT Office of Equity and Diversity Experience has scheduled its workshops for Fall 2007. The schedule may be found here.
FACULTY
Prof. Glenn Reynolds spent last week debating University of Chicago law Professor Cass Sunstein regarding the future of the Internet at the University of Chicago Law Faculty Blog. Link: http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/faculty/.
Prof. Jeff Hirsch's "Understanding Employment Law," which he co-authored with Profs. Rick Bales (Nothern Kentucky) and Paul Secunda (Mississippi) has been published by LexisNexis as part of its Understanding series.
Prof. Joan Heminway led a group discussion at a forum Sept. 28 sponsored by UT's Corporate Governance Center. The discussion focused on the question "Does Sarbanes-Oxley Foster the Existence of Ethical Role Models?," a topic on which Prof. Heminway is speaking at The University of Maryland School of Law next month.
STUDENTS
Students in the Second- and Third-Year Classes: The University of Tennessee College of Law will compete in the Jerome Prince Evidence Moot Court Competition at Brooklyn Law School April 3-5, 2008. The competition is an appellate competition in which each team writes an appellate brief and gives an appellate argument in a hypothetical case raising evidence issues. The deadline for the filing of the brief is early January, requiring substantial work by the team during the December holiday break. UT will field a team with three members, all of whom will contribute to the brief writing and participate in oral argument. The team is coached by Prof. Penny White in conjunction with local lawyers. If you are interested in trying out for the Evidence Moot Court team, please visit Prof. White’s course page on the law school website. Under “Announcements” you will find the requisite materials which include an application, instructions, a schedule, and the try-out problem. The deadline for applying to try out is Oct. 7, 2007.
Prof. Jennifer Hendricks is looking for a research assistant to work on projects involving sex classifications, abortion, procedural questions, and other topics. Please send a résumé and copy of transcript to jsh@utk.edu.
Each fall, the TBA and the Young Lawyers Division visit Tennessee's four law schools and hold networking events and student membership drives.
One thing the group consistently hears from law students is their desire to network with practicing attorneys. The TBA offers law student memberships for just $50 a year.
Thursday, Oct. 4, the YLD will be at University of Tennessee College of Law manning an information booth in the Baker Rotunda from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. The YLD will also host a pizza lunch beginning at noon in the rotunda. Thursday evening from 6:30 until 9:30 the group will host a networking reception at the Downtown Grill & Brewery in Knoxville. All students are welcome at all the events.
CAREER SERVICES
Programs/events this coming week:
-- "Targeting Small/Medium Firms," for 2Ls, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 9:40-10:20 a.m., Faculty Lounge.
-- "Targeting Larger Firms," for 2Ls, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 10:10-11 a.m., Faculty Lounge.
-- "Targeting Medium/Small Firms, for 3Ls, Thursday, Oct. 4, 11:10-Noon, Faculty Lounge.
-- "The Out-of-State Job Search," for 2Ls, Monday, Oct. 8, 12:10-1:10 p.m., Faculty Lounge.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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CONTACT PERSONS
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