A postcard recently sent by The University of Tulsa indicates that Professor Harris will be participating in the Faculty Workshop Series sponsored by the school of law at Tulsa.  According to the postcard, "The Faculty Workshop Series brings current scholars to The University of Tulsa campus for analysis and discussion of the research topics influencing the future of the law and legal education."  On January 22, Professor Harris will speak on "A Political Theory of Shareholder Activism and Its Implications."  Congratulations!

Professor Lee Harris has been appointed as a citizen member of the Commercial Appeal’s editorial board!  The Commercial Appeal welcomes four new citizen members including Lee Harris of Memphis, an associate professor of law at the University of Memphis law school.

Associate Dean and Professor Barbara Kritchevsky’s article, Whose Idea Was It? Why Violations of State Laws Enacted Pursuant to Federal Mandates Should Not be Negligence Per Se, has been published in 2009 WISCONSIN LAW REVIEW 693.

Professor Daniel E. Wanat’s article, Copyright Law: Infringement of Musical Works and the Appropriateness of Summary Judgment Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 56 (c), has been published in  39 UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS LAW REVIEW 1037 (2009).

Professor Lee Harris' latest article, A Critical Theory of Private Equity, has been accepted for publication in the DELAWARE JOURNAL OF CORPORATE LAW, a leading journal in the area.  The article will appear in volume 35, forthcoming 2010.

Assistant Dean Yolanda Ingram has been named a Fellow of the Memphis Bar Foundation.  Ingram serves as the school's assistant dean for student affairs, director of the Academic Support Program and Director of the Tennessee Institute for Pre-Law, the state's only access and diversity summer law program.

Associate Dean and Professor David Romantz has published the second edition of his co-authored book LEGAL ANALYSIS: THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILL (Carolina Academic Press 2009).

Professor Lawrence Pivnick has published a new reference book titled GENERAL SESSIONS COURT PRACTICE IN TENNESSEE: BRINGING AND DEFENDING CIVIL LAWSUITS (2009).

Professor Lee Harris’ article, The Quiet Revolutionary: The Absence of Retail Investors from Contested Corporate Elections, has been accepted for publication in the COLUMBIA BUSINESS LAW REVIEW, vol. 2009.

Professor Steven Mulroy delivered two presentations during the summer.  On June 30, he spoke at a national voting rights conference in Washington, D.C., and on July 9, he addressed the Workshop for Bankruptcy Judges, sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center, in Chicago.

Associate Dean and Professor David Romantz’s essay, The Embedded Rule, will be published in THE SECOND DRAFT, vol. 23, issue 1, in Fall 2009.  The Second Draft is a publication of the Legal Writing Institute.

Professor and Herff Chair Professor Andrew J. McClurg has contributed a story for the annual Law Stories issue published by the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT KANSAS CITY.  The theme for this year’s issue is “1L stories.”  Scott Turow, the author of ONE L, will write an introduction for the issue.

Professor Ralph C. Brashier's article, Policy, Perspective, and Proxy Will, has been accepted for publication by the SOUTH CAROLINA LAW REVIEW. It will appear in book 1 of volume 61.

Professor Janet L. Richards is the author of three books in 2009: MASTERING FAMILY LAW (Carolina Academic Press); PRACTICAL GLOBAL FAMILY LAW: UNITED STATES, CHINA, AND ITALY (Carolina Academic Press) (with Chen & Del Pazzo); and RICHARDS ON TENNESSEE FAMILY LAW (3d ed. Matthew Bender).

Professor Ralph C. Brashier has received the Professor of the Year award for 2008-09. Third-year students select the recipient each Spring.

Professor Daniel Kiel’s article, Accepting Justice Kennedy’s Dare: The Future of Integration in a Post-PICS World, has been accepted for publication in the FORDHAM LAW REVIEW.  It will appear in volume 78.

Professor Lee Harris appeared on the “Corporate Law in Vogue” panel at the Symposium on Corporate Governance and Securities Law Responses to the Financial Crises, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, April 17, 2009.

Professor Lawrence Pivnick’s draft of e-discovery amendments to the 2009 Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure was adopted without substantive change by the Tennessee Supreme Court and approved by the Tennessee Legislature. He also recently published the 2009 edition of his two-volume handbook on TENNESSEE CIRCUIT COURT PRACTICE (West).

Professor Donna S. Harkness’ article, “Just Let Me Borrow Your Charge Card, Ma": How the Enlightened Borrower Paradigm and the Improvident Extension of Credit Facilitate Exploitation of the Elderly by Those Nearest and Dearest to Them, will appear in Volume 16, Issue 2 of the GEORGETOWN JOURNAL ON POVERTY LAW AND POLICY (Spring 2009).

Professor and Herff Chair Andrew J. McClurg published his book, 1L OF A RIDE: A WELL-TRAVELED PROFESSOR’S ROADMAP TO SUCCESS IN THE FIRST-YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL (Thomson West 2009).

Professor Lee A. Harris’s book, MASTERING CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTITIES (Carolina Academic Press 2009), recently came out.

Assistant Dean Yolanda Ingram appeared as part of a panel discussion on Fading Faces: The Importance of Pipeline Programs in Legal Education at the Third Annual Meeting of Law School Diversity Professionals.  The meeting was held April 23–24 and was hosted by William Mitchell College of Law, Hamline University School of Law, and University of St. Thomas School of Law.

In April, Professor Christina A. Zawisza and Professor Donna S. Harkness donated their time to give Tennesseans in need access to justice as part of the Tennessee Bar Association’s 4 ALL Campaign.  Professor Zawisza also presented a Dependency and Neglect Seminar at the Binghampton United Methodist Church, and Professor Donna S. Harkness, along with seven of her Elder Law Clinic students, gave a presentation on the health care decision-making options available under the Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act at the Ave Maria Assisted Living Facility.  The 4 ALL Campaign is a campaign to enhance access to justice for Tennesseans who cannot afford legal counsel.

Professor Lee A. Harris visited the Northern Kentucky University School of Law (Feb. 13, 2009) and Vanderbilt School of Law (March 23, 2009) to present his paper, The Quiet Revolutionary: The Absence of Retail Investors in Corporate Elections. His trip to N. Ky. U. was part of the law school’s new Scholar-Exchange Program in which the school of law partners with other law schools to have faculty members from both schools present reciprocal colloquia regarding their current research.

Professor Steven J. Mulroy wrote a Guest Column in the COMMERCIAL APPEAL (Mar. 16, 2009) entitled 'Living Wage' Shouldn't Be Allowed to Die.

In December 2008, Professor Daniel Kiel was featured as a panelist on Race and Education at a forum presented by the Memphis Urban League and NewPath.

Professor Steven J. Mulroy received FairVote’s Democracy Innovator award for his leadership in election reform.  FairVote is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit election reform and voting rights organization seeking to ensure an equal voice and equal vote for every citizen.