The Informant

April 22, 2008
(2007-08 Archives)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Prof. Stein's students visit Neyland construction
Prof. Greg Stein’s Land Acquisition and Development Seminar hosted three visitors for its final class session. George Criss (UT Director of Facilities Planning), Doug Kennedy (CEO of Johnson & Galyon General Contractors), and Scott Webb (Senior Associate at McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects) met with the students to discuss the renovation project at Neyland Stadium. The students were able to review the construction documents and the project plans and specifications. Following the class discussion, the three guests led the students on a tour of the construction site.

The Third Annual Law Dog Day was held at Victor Ashe Dog Park Sunday, April 20. Thanks to all law students and law dogs that were in attendance! Fun was had by all as we took a blissful break from studying on a beautiful sunny day. A special thanks to Ledy VanKavage and Sherry Route of the ASPCA, as well as Prof. Joan Heminway, Prof. Sibyl Marshall, and Jamie Ballinger Holden. PHOTOS

Congratulations to Chloe Akers and Molly McNeeley, who have been selected as the inaugural recipients under the Law School’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program. Both Chloe and Molly have demonstrated a commitment to public service throughout law school and will be pursuing careers in the field of public interest work following their graduation in May. Chloe will begin working as an assistant public defender for the city of Philadelphia. Molly will be serving as a staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. The Law School thanks them for their dedication to public interest work and wishes them the well in their future careers.

Can you imagine spending 16 years on death row for a crime you didn't commit? Curtis McCarty does not have to imagine such a horror because he lived it. Curtis McCarty spent 21 years in an Oklahoma prison with 16 of those years on death row. He was released in 2007 after DNA evidence indicated that he did not commit the crime for which he was convicted. Mr. McCarty has only recently begun sharing his story, and audiences have been captivated. McCarty is living proof that people are wrongfully convicted in this country and sentenced to death. Since 1973, 128 people have been released from death rows nationwide when evidence of their innocence emerged. On Thursday, April 24, Curtis will share his story of wrongful conviction at the UT College of Law beginning at 7:00 p.m. in Room 132. The program is also sponsored by the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing and the undergraduate Amnesty International Association. As students, you are in a unique position to make thoughtful and influential decisions on key policy issues. The death penalty is an important and highly divisive issue in modern American society. Take advantage of this free event to learn more about this issue. Also, there will be FREE PIZZA at the conclusion of the event.

On April 22 and 24, at 2:10 p.m. in Room 339, the students in Prof. George Kuney’s Workouts and Reorganizations course will be presenting their case studies of recent or pending chapter 11 cases that they have been critically analyzing this semester. The presentations themselves are expected to take approximately a half hour each and represent an opportunity for the team members to present their papers in working format and react to questions and comments regarding their work before reducing it to final form. The April 22 and 24 programs each feature two presentations. Members of the law school community with an interest in chapter 11 restructuring and similar matters are invited to attend if interested.

FACULTY

Prof. Joan Heminway participated in a continuing legal education program sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association April 18 entitled "Drafting Boilerplate." She presented material on the following topics as part of the program: governing law and forum selection; alternative dispute resolution; notice; amendments; waivers; force majeure; materiality, knowledge, and best efforts; and special issues relating to international and electronic agreements.

Prof. Iris Goodwin's most recent article will be published in the University of Arizona Law Review. The article is titled "Ask Not What Your Charity Can Do for You" and examines the challenges of cy pres reform by centering on the lawsuit by the Robertson family against Princeton University regarding a restricted purpose gift. The gift (which now represents 8 percent of Princeton's endowment) was made by the family in 1962 in answer to President Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you..." The Robertsons allege that Princeton has misapplied the gift and request the court return the funds to a family foundation to be re-granted to other universities willing to apply them consistent with the stipulated mission. The article was also accepted by the Journal of College and University Law, a peer-reviewed journal.

Prof. Maurice E. Stucke has been invited to present later this week his most recent article at the 8th Annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium in Chicago. His article, "Should the Government Prosecute Monopolies?," will be published in the University of Illinois Law Review in March 2009. (A draft is available on SSRN at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1116463.) It discusses how the Supreme Court’s economic thinking in a recent antitrust decision is wrong, and how the Court ignores its precedent involving the Sherman Act's concerns of monopolies' political, social and ethical implications. Last week Prof. Stucke participated in a competition policy symposium in London, which included panelists from academia, competition authorities, and antitrust attorneys. The European Competition Journal will publish soon a transcript of that symposium.

STUDENTS

The Business and Tax Law Association will host speaker Anne McKinney Wednesday, April 23, during the free hour in Room 242. McKinney is a local attorney practicing in business law and a specialty in Estate Planning. Food will be served.

www.adaptibar.com is available to students preparing for the Multi-state Bar Exam.

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