The Informant
November 6 , 2007
(2007-08 Archives)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 Jason White, Sarah White, Peter Ferrell and Betsy Brockman
UT's Law Women and the UT Pro Bono Animal Law Project co-sponsored a Pet Halloween Costume Contest Oct. 28 in Victor Ashe Park for the benefit of the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley, Knoxville's no-kill animal welfare organization. Numerous excellent entries ranged from a dog dressed as an ipod and a lobster, to those dressed more traditionally as a pumpkin, an angel, a shark, a cowboy, a pirate, a bumble bee, a ladybug, sports players, batman, and a cow. Thanks to Law Women President Sarah White and Animal Law Project Coordinator Jamie Ballinger Holden for organizing this "Dog Day Afternoon" fundraiser for the benefit of less-advantaged pets in our community. Thanks also to the River Dog Bakery on Northshore Dr. for donating dog treats for the participants.
 Former Dean Dick and Peggy Wirtz
and Grayfred Gray
UT law Prof. Emeritus Grayfred Gray received 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 award was presented Oct. 18, in Nashville during "Mediation Day in Tennessee." UT Law Prof. Becky Jacobs made introductory remarks at the ceremony.
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.
 3L Aisha Rahman was among four Knoxvillians who participated in a Knoxville News-Sentinel panel discussion on To Kill a Mockingbird recently. During November the Knox County library system is asking the community to read Harper Lee’s book as part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ “The Big Read” project. The roundtable discussion was moderated by News-Sentinel Sunday/projects editor John North and staff writer Scott Barker. You will find the published story here.
 The College of Law hosted Brazilian law teacher and scholar Érica Cristina Rocha Gorga Oct. 29. Prof. Gorga holds a permanent appointment at Fundação Getulio Vargas in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and is a visiting law professor this semester at Cornell University Law School. She teaches with Prof. Joan Heminway in the College of Law's summer program in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prof. Gorga's teaching and research focuses on corporate governance issues. On the morning of her visit at the College of Law, Prof. Gorga gave a lecture on comparative corporate governance to students in Prof. Heminway's Business Associations class. In the afternoon, she presented a paper on the changing composition and control of corporate shareholders in Brazil at a forum attended by both College of Law and College of Business Administration faculty. Prof. Gorga's visit was sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the College and the James L. Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law.
The Knoxville Bar Association is sponsoring a series of free LawTalk programs this fall. These educational programs are designed to create better-informed citizens who understand what is involved in estate planning and administration. MORE
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' article, "Libel in the Blogosphere: Some Preliminary Observations," has been published in the Washington University Law Review. Prof. Reynolds' weblog, InstaPundit, was found to be the most informative weblog in a study done at Carnegie Mellon University. Rankings are based on the following question: "Which blogs should one read to be most up to date, i.e., to quickly know about important stories that propagate over the blogosphere?" Reynolds' InstaPundit blog ranked #1. Study here. Short writeup here.
Two recently released papers authored by Prof. Joan Heminway made Top Ten lists for Social Science Research Network (SSRN) journals based on the number of downloads of those papers in the last 60 days (Sept. 3 to Nov. 2). Prof. Heminway's paper entitled "Personal Facts About Executive Officers: A Proposal for Tailored Disclosures to Encourage Reasonable Investor Behavior" made the Top Ten list for Law & Society: Public Law, and her paper entitled "Hell Hath No Fury Like an Investor Scorned: Retribution, Deterrence, Restoration, and the Criminalization of Securities Fraud Under Rule 10b-5" was number 1 in the Top Ten list for CL: Causes & Consequences of Crime (Topic).
The Hastings Business Law Journal will publish Prof. George Kuney’s article "What Your Lender and Mortgage Broker Didn't Tell You: A Proposal for Increased Disclosure of Purchase Money Borrower Protections and their Loss on Refinance," which focuses on the loss of California’s unique anti-deficiency real estate lending provisions through refinancing, a loss that is not required to be disclosed and is largely unknown by the borrowing public. The article is of increased relevance during the current real estate market downdraft in California and other locations.
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