The Informant

September 25, 2007
(2007-08 Archives)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

James M. Van Nostrand will speak on “The Greening of America’s Energy Policy” as part of the 2007 Fall Lecture Series of The James L. Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law. The lecture begins at 12:15 p.m. Sept. 26 in Room 132. 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. He is a Visiting Professor at the Clayton Center this fall teaching Energy Law & Regulated Industries and Business Associations.

The UT Office of Equity and Diversity Experience has scheduled its workshops for Fall 2007. The schedule may be found here.

FACULTY

Prof. Robert Blitt's most recent article, "Babushka Said Two Things — It Will Either Rain or Snow; it Either Will or Will Not: An Analysis of the Provisions and Human Rights Implications of Russia's New Law on Nongovernmental Organizations as Told Through Eleven Russian Proverbs," will be published in the Spring 2008 volume of the George Washington International Law Review. The article provides a detailed analysis of Russia's NGO law against the backdrop of President Vladimir Putin's vision of “dictatorship of law” and “managed democracy.” The paper recommends a number of measures that may be taken to challenge the negative implications of the law in a manner that strengthens Russian civil society and protects international human rights principles.

Prof. George Kuney’s Legal Drafting: Process, Techniques, and Exercises, which he co-authored with Prof. Emeritus Thomas Haggard of the University of South Carolina School of Law, has been published by West as part of its American Casebook Series. The text, a second edition, parallels the co-authors’ Legal Drafting in a Nutshell, also published by West earlier this year.

STUDENTS

Tryouts are being held for the Robert F. Wagner National Labor & Employment Moot Court Competition, run by the New York Law School Moot Court Association March 5-9 in New York City. The fact pattern will be released early in December and the brief is due mid-January; thus, the team will work on the brief over winter break. Because the competition rules allow for some help on the brief, this is a unique opportunity to work closely with a faculty member on appellate brief writing. Tryouts involve submitting a writing sample by Sept. 28, then presenting an brief oral argument on either Oct. 2 or 3. The team has been very successful in recent years and is looking to continue that tradition. For more information, please look here or contact prof. Jeff Hirsch at hirsch@law.utk.edu.

Announcing Tryouts for the Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition University of Tennessee College of Law Moot Court Teams. Tryouts are going to be held for the Conrad Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition sponsored by The American Bankruptcy Institute and St. John’s University College of Law. The competition will take place March 8 to 10 in New York City (preliminary rounds in Queens, quarter finals to finals in Manhattan at the Federal Courthouse). Tryouts involve submission of a short written brief on a fairly simple bankruptcy problem and delivery of an oral argument on the same points covered in the brief on September 25 and 26 between 4 and 6 p.m. Trial briefs are due by close of the day Sept. 24 and should be submitted by e-mail to Prof. George Kuney (gkuney@utk.edu). More information and the problem for the tryout can be found by clicking here.

Tryouts for UT Law’s Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Team are upcoming. The Jessup Moot Court competition is the largest, and one of the most prestigious, moot court competitions in the world, with nearly 700 schools worldwide competing. The Jessup “Compromis” generally covers at least one unexplored or underdeveloped area of international law as well as another area of law, such as Human Rights, Mineral Rights, and International Corporate Governance. The 2007 Jessup Problem will focus on one of the most important, controversial, and timely issues of the day: the tension between ensuring human rights and responding to acts of terrorism. Complete details on the tryouts can be found here.

CAREER SERVICES

Programs/events this coming week:

-- "Interview Preparation & Protocol: The Judicial Clerkship Interview," for 2Ls, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 11:10-Noon, Faculty Lounge.

-- "Government & Public Interest Uob Search," for 2Ls, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 10:10-11 a.m., Faculty Lounge.

-- "Career Strategy: Targeting Larger Law Firms," for 3Ls, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 11:15-Noon, Faculty Lounge.

-- "Government & Public Interest Uob Search," for 3Ls, Thursday, Sept. 27, 11:10-Noon, Faculty Lounge.

-- "Using Symplicity," Friday, Sept. 27, 9:40-10:20 a.m., Lewis Career Center.

-- "Goverenment & Public Interest Job Search," for 3Ls, Friday, Sept. 27, 11:10-Noon, Faculty Lounge.

-- "Career Strategy: The Out of State Job Search, for 3Ls, Monday, Oct. 1, 12:10-1:10 p.m., Faculty Lounge.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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CONTACT PERSONS

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