The Informant

September 4, 2007
(2007-08 Archives)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Newly-appointed Tennessee Supreme Court Justice William Koch of Nashville will be at the law school Wednesday, Sept. 5, for a program sponsored by the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution. The program begins at 12:20 p.m. in Room 237. Justice Koch will talk generally about his legal career and the Tennessee court system. The program should be of particular interest to students who hope to clerk after graduation and those who plan to practice in Tennessee. Koch is a long-time member of the Tennessee Court of Appeals, a Vanderbilt law graduate, and a Virginia LLM graduate.

3L Scott Childs was recognized by the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University with a Scholar of Merit certificate for having written the most outstanding response to the examination in Comparative Constitutional Law during the school’s summer program in Fortaleza, Brazil. The study-abroad course was held June 30 through Aug. 1 and was an examination of constitutional concepts in common law and civil law legal systems with emphasis on the legal cultures of the United States and Brazil, including legal issues concerning human rights, due process of law, free speech, freedom of religion, and the scope of executive legislative and judicial powers.

Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law is pleased to announce its new members for the 2007-2008 academic year: Bahar Azhdari, John Barnes, Amber Becton, Melissa Chiaro, Joseph Scott Childs, David Draper, Ryan Edens, Maria Foley, Meghan Fowler, Whitney Frazier, Jennifer Gower, Varnon Guthrie, Jeremy Hale, Roman Hankins, Stephen Hargraves, Patrick Hawley, Robert Hazelwood, Brad Hearne, Catrina Hewlett, Nicholas Jackson, Chad Jarboe, Aaron Kandel, John Karbaf, Karen Kenney, Rachel Levinson, Anthony Loria, Corinne Martin, Jonathan May, Joshua Mullen, Patrick Norton, Drew Oldham, Vanessa Patel, Melanie Prince, John Radacsy, Peter Ripley, Bethany Scott, Jessica Shafer, Chris Sherman, Walt Siedentopf, Scott Simmons, Shelton Swafford, Ashley Thomas, Lindsey Vaughan, Katherine Wellborn, Rob Whitfield, and Taylor Williams.

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.

FACULTY

Prof. Ben Barton's forthcoming law review Article “Do Judges Systematically Favor the Interests of the Legal Profession?” was featured in Adam Liptak's New York Times Column, Sidebar, on Monday, Aug. 27, (http://select.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/us/27bar.html). The article has now been featured on Instapundit, the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog and the New York Times print edition.
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STUDENTS

The Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law, and the College of Law Legal Clinic will hold an information meeting primarily for all 1Ls Monday, Sept. 10, beginning at 12:20 in Room 132. The speakers will discuss their programs, which are largely focused on 2L and 3L students but may be of interest to 1Ls thinking about exploring their options and planning their law school careers. The presentations should take less than 1/2 hour and will be followed by a question and answer session for interested students.

October 19-20, 2007, the Peggy Browning Fund will be holding its annual National Law Students Workers' Rights Conference in the Washington, D.C. area. The conference provides an excellent opportunity to learn about current issues involving the rights of workers and to network with professionals in the area. The speakers are some of the most prominent workers' rights experts in the country, including the UT College of Law's recently-retired Fran Ansley, who will be showing and leading a discussion of the film she helped to make, "Morristown: in the air and sun." The registration deadline is Aug. 30 for attendees who are requesting the Fund to pay for airfare; the date is October 5 for all others. Please contact Prof. Jeff Hirsch for more information

CAREER SERVICES

Programs/events this coming week:

-- "Targeting Larger Firms," for 3Ls, Thursday, sept. 6, 11:10-noon, Faculty Lounge.

-- "Interest meeting for 3Ls: Presidential Management Fellows Program," Monday, Sept. 10, 12:20-1:10 p.m., Room 136.

-- "The Out-of-State Job Search," for 2Ls, Monday, Sept. 10, 12:20-1:10 p.m., Room 132.

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