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University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Lawyers of the Future (1979 - 2002) College of Law History January 1991 Lawyers of the Future (1990-1991) University of Tennessee College of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_lawyersofthefuture Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation University of Tennessee College of Law, "Lawyers of the Future (1990-1991)" (1991). Lawyers of the Future (1979 - 2002). https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_lawyersofthefuture/8 This Publication is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Law History at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Lawyers of the Future (1979 - 2002) by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. 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King, Jr. Birthday (No classes) January 15 Mid-South Law Placement Consortium*** March 3 Spring Break March 19-23 Good Friday (No classes) April 13 Classes End April 26 Examination Period April 30-May 10 Hooding Ceremony May 10 Commencement May 11 Summer 1990 Term Registration May 22 Classes Begin May 23 Independence Day (No classes) July 4 Classes End July 12 THE CENTENNIAL OF Examination Period July 16-23 THE UNIVERSITY OFTENNESSEE Commencement August 10 COLLEGE OF LAW,l890�1990 *Atlanta **Washington, D.C. • • *Nashville � �g� .T� THEUNIVERSITY AtJ> \ qq o{q( OF TENNESSEE c...l..\ COLLEGE OF LAW CIASSB.S OF 1990/91 .,., . .! ·. CONTENTS ACADEMIC & RECRUITING CALENDAR Inside Cover DEAN'S PAGE 2 COLLEGE PROFILE 3 CAREER SERVICES 5 FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION 7 CLASS OF 1990 17 CLASS OF 1991 43 CAMPUS MAP 70 EMPLOYERS OF THE CLASSES OF 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, AND 1990 Inside Cover Career Services/Suite 13 1505 W. Cumberland Ave. Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1800 Telephone 615/974-4348 THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF LAW MARILYN V. YARBROUGH Dean and Professor of Law Torts, Discrimination, Intellectual Property Education: B.A., 1966, Virginia State College; J.D., 1973, University of California (Los Angeles). Experience: Los Angeles Representative, National Center for Dispute Settlement; Executive Director, Black Law Journal; Teaching Fellow, Boston College Law School; Associate Professor of Law, University of Kans�s, 1976-81; Professor of Law, University of Kansas, 1981-87; Visiting Professor of Law, Duke University, 1983-84; Associate Vice Chancellor, Research, Graduate Studies and Public Service, University of Kansas, 1983-87; Dean and Professor of Law, University of Tennessee, since 1987. Achievements/Publications: Delegate, World Peace Through Law Conference, Ivory Coast, 1973; Instructor, Northeast, Far West and Midwest CLEO Institutes, 1976, 1977 and 1982; Director, Midwest CLEO Institute, 1979-81; Board of Trustees, Law School Admission Council, 1980-89; Chair, Skills Training Committee, American Bar Association Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, 1982-85; Advisory Board, Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 1984-Present; Reporter for the Model Curriculum for Bridge-the-Gap Programs, ALI/ABA, 1985-1987; National Selection Panel for ASJMC-NASA Journalist in Space, 1986; National Collegiate Athletic Association Committee on Infractions, 1986-1988; Kansas Commission on Civil Rights, 1986-87; President, Law School Admission Council, 1986-1988; Articles on employment discrimination, child custody, women in the law, financial aid, and administrative procedure; ALI/ABA Committee on Professional Education, 1988-present. 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF LAW 1989 1505 Cumberland Avenue Library: Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1800 Class of 1990 Class of 19 91* 168,855 catalogued volumes, 119,264 microfilm equivalent volumes including Dean Marilyn Yarbrough (615) Applied 676 795 Briefs and Records of the United States 974-2521 Enrolled 15 7 17 3 Supreme Court from 1897 to date; official Director of Career Services Joann Men 97 104 court reports, session laws and codes of Gillespie (615) 974-4348 Women 60 69 all states and of the federal system; the Information (615) 974-4241 Minorities 11 13 National Reporter System; the reports of Median LSAT 32 34 Canadian and English cases from the Accredited by the American Bar Median UGPA 3.24 3.28 Yearbook to date; WESTLAW and LEXIS Association and an Association Law Ung Colleges 58 70 legal data retrieval systems; a depository Schools Charter Member In-state 131 145 for federal documents. Out-of-state 26 32 Date Founded: 1890 Order of the Coif: National honor society, membership by Degree Granted: Doctor of Jurisprudence Legal Clinic: faculty election from students in the first (J.D.) Introduction to Trial Advocacy-Civil tenth of their class at graduation. Introduction to Trial Advocacy-Criminal Dual Degree Programs: Tennessee Law Review: J.D. - Master of Business Administration Faculty: Membership by writing competition. J.D. - Master of Public Administration Full-time 29; adjunct faculty of prominent local Public Law Institute: Total School Enrollment 1988-89: 462 attorneys Public Law Institute Faculty/Student Ratio: 17:1 Tennessee Judicial Newsletter Moot Court Program: National Moot Court; National Trial Team; Jessup International Law; Frederick *N. publication, nearly 950 applications have Douglass; Stetson National Tax Competition; been received for the Class of 1992. If students Robert F. Wagner Labor Law; Advocate's who have accepted actually enroll, the median Prize Moot Court Competition; Ray H. GPA will be 3.33 and the median LSAT 34. Jenkins Trial Competition 3 Student Activities: Employment: The University Community Student Bar Association, Black Law Student The employment rate for Tennessee law Law students from the University of Association, American Bar Association/Law graduates consistently appoximates the Tennessee, Knoxville benefit from being a Student Division, Association of Trial 90th percentile average, within six months part of Tennessee's most comprehensive Lawyers of America, Law Women, East of graduation, reported for the nation's university. UT Knoxville provides social Tennessee Lawyers' Guild, Environmental ABA accredited law schools for the last and cultural opportunities for Law Organization, The Forum (student decade.* Based on replies of 129 of the approximately 25,000 students - 19,000 newspaper), Phi Delta Phi and Phi Alpha 140 June graduates of the Class of 1988 undergraduate and 6,000 graduate and Delta legal fraternities, Christian Legal responding to an employment survey, professional students. Society, the Federalist Society, Tennessee 92.14 percent reported employment by UT Knoxville's new $27 million main High School Mock Trial Competition November. Other categories revealed library is one of the most advanced in the were: nation and complements the holdings of Alumni: the law library. Together, the law and Approximately 4,927 in 48 states, the out -of -state 24.8% main libraries provide 'excellent support for District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, law firms 63.4% research and educational enrichment. the Virgin Islands and five foreign govt.lmilitary 7.5% The Knoxville area, with a population countries. judicial clerkships 11.2% of more than 500,000, supports fine public interest 2.2% restaurants and nationally known cultural business 8.2% and entertainment events. Yet the academic 4.5% recreational activities and scenic beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park *Source for the national average: National and six Tennessee Valley Authority lakes Association for Law Placement are within an hour's drive. Knoxville consistently ranks among the nation's top ten metropolitan areas in surveys of quality of life. 4 CAREER SERVICES Employers may initiate any service by National Public Interest Career ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWING phone or letter. Temporary, summer and Information Fair Fall Semester 1989-September 14 year-round clerks, as well as experienced Washington, D.C.-October 27-28, 1989 through November 20 attorneys, may be located through the Students from all National Association for Spring Semester 1990-January 29 services described below. Law Placement member schools are through April 26 invited to participate. The fair will focus on Reservations are accepted by phone or Off-Campus Recruiting opportunities with government agencies, mail year-round. Dates are accepted on a Conferences legal services offices, civil rights first-come, first-served basis and will be organizaitons, consumer and confirmed in writing. Reservations for Southeastern Minority Job Fair environmental advocates and other preferred fall on-campus dates should be August 25, 1989-Atlanta representatives