The Informant

March 11, 2008
(2007-08 Archives)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Delaware Supreme Court Justice Speaks at College Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland (left) spoke at the UT College of Law March 7 on the topic "Delaware's Highest Court: Corporate Law and a Lot More." Pictured with Justice Holland are UT Law Prof. Joan Heminway of the College's Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law and Dr. Joseph Carcello of UT's Corporate Governance Center.

On March 3rd the Tennessee Senate honored the University of Tennessee College of Law's Clinical Programs on the anniversary of their 60th year of teaching students.  Senators Tim Burchett, Jamie Woodson and others stood and honored the Clinic with a public reading Senate Joint resolution No. 665.  The text of the resolution can be found here.  The Senators were joined by Director of Clinical Programs Ben Barton, Professors Mae Quinn and Jerry Black, and Third Year student Beau Pemberton. “It was a tremendous honor for the school and the clinical programs,” Ben Barton said.  “We’re the oldest continually operating clinic in the country, and we’re justifiably proud of all we’ve accomplished with our students and for the community at large.  To have the Senate recognize our work makes the 60^th that much sweeter.”

Join the Tennessee Law Review in congratulating the newly-appointed members of it's 2008-2009 Editorial Board: James Inman-Editor-in- Chief; Lesley Mund-Managing Editor; Kenlyn Foster-Spence, Nathaniel Kibler, and Corrine Martin-Executive Editors; Peter Ferrell-Publications Editor; Bahar Azdari, Jeremy Sellars and Brad Vaughan-Acquisitions Editors; Shauna Ales, Nick Jackson, Rachel Levinson, Lane McCarty and Lindsey Vaughan-Research Editors.

Michael Galligan is an artist, a community activist, a sports enthusiast, and a small-town lawyer.  But don’t let the phrase “small-town lawyer” fool you.  Galligan’s practice in McMinnville, Tenn., which he founded in the early 1970s, includes torts, criminal law, employment, family, and civil rights litigation.  By any measure, Galligan is very successful.  His trial experience earned him a place as a diplomat with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and, for years, a place in our classrooms as an adjunct professor teaching Trial Practice.  He is a community activist and a retired Marine Corp Captain.  Galligan will talk about practicing law in a small firm and about "Doing Well While Doing Good” on March 12 beginning at 12:20 p.m. in Room 241.  The program and the lunch that will follow are sponsored by the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution.

Adjunct’s Gift Prompts 1L Advocacy Competition. When attorney Mike Galligan felt that he had to discontinue his long commute to the UT College of Law to teach Trial Practice, he contacted the Advocacy Center and said, “The students gave me so much during my time as an adjunct, I want to give back.” Galligan’s gift has enabled the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution to host the First Annual 1L Advocacy Competition. On March 12, beginning at 5 p.m. in Room 132, a panel of federal and state judges and lawyers will determine which first-year law student should be awarded the first Annual 1L Advocacy Idol Award. Following the competition, the participants and judges will have dinner together and discuss ways to improve advocacy skills. Any interested 1L student should contact advocacycenter@libra.law.utk.edu.

VITA is open to prepare taxes for students, professors, and low-income families. Please come by and get your taxes done for free. VITA will be open March 3-April 9, Monday-Wednesday, from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. and will be closed for Spring Break. VITA is located in the video viewing room on the 1st floor of the law library.

The Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution at the University of Tennessee College of Law is pleased to host a lecture by distinguished scholar James W. McElhaney on Wednesday, April 2, at 12:20 p.m. in Room 132. Prof. McElhaney is perhaps the foremost teacher, writer, and speaker on trial techniques in the country today. He writes the award winning column, "Litigation" in the American Bar Association Journal and the popular quarterly column, "Trial Notebook," in the Litigation Journal. He has authored the three highly acclaimed books, Effective Litigation, McElhaney's Trial Notebook, and McElhaney's Litigation. McElhaney is the Joseph C. Hutcheson Distinguished Lecturer in Trial Advocacy, South Texas College of Law, the Baker & Hostetler Distinguished Scholar in Trial Practice and Joseph C. Hostetler Professor Emeritus of Trial Practice and Advocacy, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He has given nearly 1,000 seminars, speeches and workshops on evidence, procedure and trial practice in every one of the 50 U.S. states and throughout Canada.