The Informant
September 15, 2009
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Attorney Bobby Lee Cook speaks Sept. 11
One of the ABA Journal’s legendary “Lions of the Trial Bar,” Bobby Lee Cook (second from right) of Georgia, spoke at the UT College of Law Sept. 11 as part of the College’s Wyc and Lyn Orr Lecture Series. Pictured with Cook are Dean Doug Blaze (left) and Lyn and Wyc Orr.
Attention all students with animals:
The Student Animal Legal Defense fund wants to create a list of all the local animal service businesses that UT Law Students use. We are interested in collecting information about the following places: Groomers, Boarding Facilities (day and overnight), Pet Sitters, and Veterinarians.
Please respond to Tiffany Hagar with the following information:
(1) Type of business
(2) Business name
(3) A specific employee/vet that you use (if applicable or available)
(4) Location of Business (address or some information that will help us find the business online).
Animal Law: What is it? Animal Law is a broad area of the law that touches everything from contracts, torts, wills and estates, criminal law, and so much more. It includes any type of legal action, whether it be transactional or litigation, that effects the rights, standing and/or welfare of an animal. Examples of some animal law issues include incidents of wrongful death, veterinarian medical malpractice, animal activist Constitutional rights protections, vicious dog hearings, products liability litigation against companies that test on animals, drafting estates and trusts for animals, and facilitating the non-profit organizational governance.
If you are interested in this broad area of the law or just want to know more, there will be an informational meeting for the UT chapter of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund on Thursday, Sept. 17, during the Free Hour in Room 242. The Student Animal Legal Defense Fund is a student group that is affiliated with the Animal Legal Defense Fund and share its mission to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. For more information about these groups, check out their website at http://www.aldf.org/article.php?list=type&type=139.
Speaker from HABIT
In addition to information gained on SALDF and Animal Law, this meeting will be focusing on the beneficial relationship between animals and humans with a speaker, Ruth Sapp from HABIT. HABIT sponsors programs which foster pet visitation to nursing homes, assisted-living residences, retirement centers, mental health centers, residences for children with special needs, rehabilitation facilities, hospital settings, and other facilities, including elementary schools for a reading program. Mrs. Sapp will be discussing the benefits of the program, what the program does, and what is required of HABIT volunteers. For more information about HABIT, please see their website, http://www.vet.utk.edu/habit/index.php.
Visiting Professor Jeffrey Kelleher to speak Sept. 28
“The New Treaty of Lisbon and the Future of the European Union” is the title of a presentation to be given by Visiting Professor Jeffrey Kelleher on Monday, Sept. 28, in Room 132. The presentation will examine the context and potential ramifications for the constitution-like Treaty of Lisbon which has been ratified by all but three EU member states. Ireland is holding referendums Oct. 2 to determine whether or not to ratify the treaty and many expect the other two non-ratifiers to follow the Irish lead. The presentation is free and open to the law school community and the public.
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy announces New Members
The Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy welcomes the following new members to its editorial staff: Michelle Consiglio, Amanda Dobbins, John Evans, Ryan McMillan, Byun Sukhyun, and Al'Reco Yancy. Congratulations, new staff editors.
Knoxville Barrister's charity golf tournament
The Knoxville Barrister's Association (the Young Lawyers Division of the KBA) will hold its annual charity golf tournament Friday, Oct. 2, at Landmark Golf Club at Avalon. DETAILS
FACULTY
From Greg Stein, Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Prof. Rob Blitt will give the keynote address at Northeast State Community College’s celebration of Constitution Awareness Week. His presentation will cover the Constitution, religious freedom, and building a democracy from scratch. See event flyer.
Prof. Jennifer Hendricks gave the first presentation in the College of Law’s 2009 Home Football Saturday speaker program. Her presentation, delivered three hours before the UCLA game, was entitled, “Contingent Equal Protection.”
Professor Glenn Reynolds’s article, “Heller High Water(mark)? Lower Courts and the New Right to Keep and Bear Arms,” has just been published in the June 2009 issue of the Hastings Law Journal. This article is coauthored with Cumberland Law School Professor (and UT College of Law alumnus) Brannon Denning.
And another article by Prof. Reynolds, “Rules of the Road for Space? Some Notes on Satellite Collisions and the Inadequacy of Current Space Law,” coauthored with Prof. Robert P. Merges of Boalt Hall Law School at the University of California at Berkeley, will appear in the January, 2010 issue of the Environmental Law Reporter.
Prof. Greg Stein will give a presentation at Georgetown Law School next March. His talk, entitled “Chinese Real Estate Law: The Divergence Between Published Statutes and Actual Practice,” will be a part of the annual meeting of the Association for Law, Property, and Society.
Prof. Maurice Stucke has been invited to speak at the Association of American Law Schools 2010 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Prof. Stucke will be one of the speakers on the Antitrust and Economic Regulation program. The papers from this panel will be published in the Antitrust Law Journal.
Mark Your Calendars: On October 8th and 9th, Professor Nicholas Wolterstorff, a philosophy professor from Yale, will be visiting UT. On Thursday night, Oct. 8th, Professor David Reidy from the Department of Philosophy will have a “conversation” with Professor Wolterstorff on the topic, “Good Without God? The Problem of Justice and Human Rights.” The Thursday night event will take place in the Clarence Brown Theater. And on Friday, October 9th, Professor Wolterstorff will make a presentation on the topic, “Is Generosity Ever Unjust?” This talk will take place at 3:30 at the College of Law. Professor Wolterstorff’s most recent book, Justice: Rights and Wrongs, was published in 2007 by Princeton University Press. This visit is cosponsored by the College of Law and the Departments of Philosophy and Political Science.
STUDENTS
Environmental writing competition underway
The TBA Environmental Law Section has announced the 2010 Jon E. Hastings Memorial Award writing competition for law student members of the section. The competition is held each year in memory of one of the section's most outstanding founding members and has a cash prize pool of $1,200. It is a juried competition for the best legal writing on a topic related to Tennessee or federal environmental law. Entries are due March 27.
Learn more about the contest.
Research Assistant Needed Approximately 10 Hours Per Week
Research will be in the areas of 1) family law and 2) gender and sexuality law. Students interested in the position should send a resume, current transcript and writing sample to Prof. Michael Higdon at mhigdon3@utk.edu. Any questions regarding the position can be sent by email or telephone at (865) 974-2393.
Students Interested in Advanced Degrees in Conflict Management
The Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution will hold an interest meeting for students who are interested in the advanced degrees in conflict management offered by David Lipscomb University in collaboration with the Center and the College of Law. The meeting will be held at noon Sept. 15 in Room 241. Administrators from the Lipscomb campus will attend the meeting to describe the program and answer students' questions.
Local firm seeks student research help
A local law firm - Eldridge and Blakney - is seeking help with internet research and other research projects for an upcoming capital trial. If you are interested in volunteering to work on these projects, please contact Prof. Penny White for more information.
Research Assistant needed approximately 20 hours per week
Research will be in the area of immigration and asylum law. Specifically, the research will focus on the recent surge in state and municipal legislation in the area of immigration law and the constitutional implications. Research will also focus on the discriminatory aspect of the state and local immigration laws. Students interested in the position should send a resume, current transcript and writing sample to Professor Karla McKanders at mckanders@utk.edu. Any questions regarding the position can be sent by email or telephone at (865) 974-5710.
ABI announces Bankruptcy Law Student Writing competition
ABI’s Bankruptcy Litigation Committee announces the Second Annual ABI Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition. Students from participating law schools will be eligible to submit a paper from Jan. 1 - March 1, 2010. Entries for the competition, which must be reviewed by a law professor prior to submission, must focus on current issues regarding bankruptcy jurisdiction, bankruptcy litigation or evidence in bankruptcy cases or proceedings. The paper may address business or consumer cases and may include matters such as bankruptcy sales, plan confirmation and other topics that involve jurisdiction, litigation or evidence in the bankruptcy courts. Winners of the competition will be announced on May 1, 2010. The first-place writer will receive $1,000 cash, publication of the paper in the ABI Journal and a one-year membership in ABI. The second-place writer will receive a cash award of $750, publication of the paper in the ABI Bankruptcy Litigation Committee’s quarterly newsletter and a one-year membership in ABI. The third-place writer will receive a cash award of $500, publication of the paper in the ABI Bankruptcy Litigation Committee’s quarterly newsletter and a one-year membership in ABI. Contact papers@abiworld.org for more information. Prof. George Kuney is willing to review student papers and provide feedback before they are submitted to the ABI, if desired.
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"Law Stories" competition announced
The University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review devotes part of one issue each year to a collection of “Law Stories” – short tales about various aspects of the legal world. For the next edition, the theme will be 1L Revisited. An introduction by Scott Turow, author of the classic account of the 1L experience, will lead off this collection of true stories about being a new law student. Current law students and recent graduates (2006 or later) are invited to submit stories. Winning submission(s) will be published in the Spring 2010 issue of the UMKC Law Review, and the first place winner will receive a $500 prize.
Details:
· Non-fiction stories about the first year experience
· 1,000 - 5,000 words, including footnotes
· Footnotes are discouraged—we are looking for stories, not conventional law review articles or notes
· Open to current law student s and recently graduated law students (2006 or after)
· Send to lawstories@umkc.edu with “Law Stories Submission” in subject line
· MS Word or PDF formats only
· Submission deadline October 23, 2009
UMKC School of Law
5100 Rockhill Road, Law 1-200
Kansas City, MO 64110
lawstories@umkc.edu
Lynn Herdon, Editor-In-Chief
lynn.herndon@umkc.edu
CAREER SERVICES
Upcoming programs offered through the Bettye B. Lewis Career Center:
-- Interview Pointers & Protocol: Call-back Interviews for 2 and 3Ls, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 12-12:50 p.m., Room 135.
-- Interview Pointers & Protocol: Call-back Interviews for 2 and 3Ls, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 12-12:50 p.m., Room 135.