The Informant
November 13, 2007
(2007-08 Archives)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
On Friday, Nov. 16, Justice Randy J. Holland of the Delaware Supreme Court will be visiting the College of Law. Justice Holland will address students in Prof. Joan Heminway's and Prof. James Van Nostrand's Business Associations classes in the afternoon. He also has agreed to make himself available to speak to smaller groups during the day for 30 minutes each beginning at 10 and 10:30 a.m. and at 3:30, 4 , and 4:30 p.m. Please let Prof. Heminway
(heminway@libra.law.utk.edu) know if you are interested in attending a small-group session with Justice Holland during one of these times. Justice Holland also will be hosting a brown bag lunch discussion relating to a legal history book he recently co-authored with Eric Stockdale entitled Middle Temple Lawyers and the American Revolution. The book approaches the influence of the Middle Temple, one of England's Inns of Court, on the United States from three angles: the participation of Middle Temple-educated lawyers in crucial events leading up to and through the American Revolution; the formative experiences of the American colonists who studied at the Middle Temple in London during the 18th Century; and the stories of distinguished and notable colonial families that benefited from a Middle Temple education. The brown bag lunch (BYO) will be held in the Faculty Lounge on the second floor of the College of Law during the free hour. Please let Prof. Heminway know (heminway@libra.law.utk.edu) if you are interested in attending this lunch discussion.
The Dean and Dean's Staff Advisory Committee invite the law school community to join in the Colleges Clean Start Drive by contributing items for distribution to Knox Area Rescue Ministries shelter and recovery residents. Items being collected for the Clean Start Drive include travel- or trial-size toiletries such as soaps, toothpaste, shampoo, and grooming items such as combs, toothbrushes, washcloths, and towels. The Business Office (Law Suite 265) will be the Clean Start Donation Location throughout the month of November. Please join us in helping Knox Area Rescue Ministries to help our community.
The Student Bar Association is hosting a Final Exam Dinner for all students, faculty, and staff in the Baker Rotunda beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Advocacy Clinic students Amy Michaelson and Molly McNeely recently drafted and filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Arthur J. Ross v. Broadway Towers, Inc. The case dealt with whether federal public housing law preempts state tenant’s rights. Molly and Amy organized a consortium of legal clinics from around the country to sign on to the brief and worked tirelessly writing and rewriting the brief. Congratulations to Molly and Amy for their fine work.
The UT Office of Equity and Diversity Experience has scheduled its workshops for Fall 2007. The schedule may be found here.
FACULTY
Prof. George Kuney’s article “Successor Liability in Louisiana” has been published by the Louisiana Bar Journal. The article is the most recent follow on article to his law review article “A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Successor Liability,” 6 Fla. St. Bus. L. Rev. 11 (2007) and is part of an ongoing research effort in this field that is published and regularly updated on his UT faculty webpage, specifically, at http://www.law.utk.edu/FACULTY/Kuney/AppendixTaxonomy10-15-07.pdf.
Profs. Otis Stephens and Dean Rivkin made presentations to the KBA Lunch & Learn CLE series Nov. 11. The topic was "First Thing We Do Is Kill All the Lawyers: The Ethical Duty of Attorneys to Deal With Difficult Cases, Causes, & Clients."
Prof. Jeff Hirsch's essay "Taking States Out Of The Workplace" will be published in The Yale Law Journal Pocket Part. The essay questions the efficacy of permitting state regulation of the workplace and concludes that exclusive federal authority is warranted because the current federalist system of workplace regulations is overly fragmented and complex.
Prof. Penny White delivered the keynote address for the National Association of Women Judges’ 29th Annual Conference in Philadelphia Nov. 8. The NAWJ is an organization of judges committed to protecting the rights of individuals under the rule of law, through strong, committed and diverse judicial leadership. In addition to her keynote address, entitled “We the People,” Prof. White also presented a program exploring the concept of judicial independence to the delegation of Egyptian judges. The 11 female Egyptian judges in attendance at the conference represent one-third of the 31 female judges recently appointed as Chief Judges by the head of Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council.
Prof. Alex Long’s article The Troublemaker's Friend: Retaliation against Third Parties and the Right of Association in the Workplace recently made the Top Ten List for Social Science Research Network’s (SSRN) Employment, Labor, Compensation & Pension Law Journals based on the number of downloads of those papers in the last 60 days (Sept. 7 to Nov. 6). The article is available here. As of Nov. 6, his article "[Insert Song Lyrics Here]: The Uses and Misuses of Popular Music Lyrics in Legal Writing," was the most popular article in the Bepress Legal Repository. That article is available here.
Prof. Ben Barton's forthcoming Tennessee Law Review Essay entitled "A Tale of Two Case Methods" was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal Law Blog (http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/10/30/should-law-schools-adopt-the-b-school-case-method/). In the last six months Prof. Barton's work has been featured twice at the WSJ Law Blog, once in the New York Times, twice on Instapundit, and many times in various legal blogs. The recent WSJ law blog post includes a nice discussion of Barton's main points, as well as a questionable claim that Barton resembles Justin Timberlake.
Prof. Glenn Reynolds' essay "Is Dick Cheney Unconstitutional?" has been published as a colloquy by the Northwestern University Law Review. A PDF version is available here.
Prof. Reynolds spoke this past weekend at the Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas, where his InstaPundit weblog won an award for "Best Weblog by an Individual."
STUDENTS
The Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law is seeking expressions of interest from students wishing to be Center Research Associates during the Summer of 2008. Duties include research and writing on business and business law related topics in a structured environment. Work product will include briefs, transactional documents, teaching materials, books, and articles. Time sheets required. The positions offer an opportunity to explore how law is actually practiced in a business law firm environment as well as the practical, micro-level details of business litigation and transactions. If you are interested, please supply Prof. George Kuney with your resume and an expression of interest in the form of a letter explaining your relevant qualifications, prior accomplishments, and reasons for being interested in the position. Selections will be made early in the Spring Semester of 2008.
Law Women invites all law students to attend a financial planning workshop Nov. 14 beginning at 12:20 p.m. in Room 237. Sharon Miller Pryse, the President and CEO of The Trust Company of Knoxville, will speak regarding financial planning for emerging professionals. Lunch will be provided.
CAREER SERVICES
Programs/events this coming week:
-- "Job Search Tool Kit" for 1Ls, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 12:10-1:10 p.m., Room 132.
-- "So You Want to be a Lawyer?," Friday, Nov. 16, 12:20-1:10 p.m., Room 242.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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CONTACT PERSONS
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