Faculty and Scholarship
College of Law faculty are excellent teachers, scholars, and practitioners. Their influential and well-respected scholarship is placed in some of the most esteemed law publications in the nation.
Faculty and Scholarship
College of Law faculty are excellent teachers, scholars, and practitioners. Their influential and well-respected scholarship is placed in some of the most esteemed law publications in the nation.
College of Law Faculty Workshops
Throughout the academic year, the College of Law hosts a number of events that feature scholars in the legal profession.
The goal of these events is to enhance the intellectual life of the law school and provide a venue for dialogue among faculty members and between our faculty and outside scholars.
Doing so helps us maintain an environment that challenges and enhances critical areas of law and society.
- College of Law Faculty Distiguished Speaker Series
- The Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law’s annual Business Transactions conference, Connecting the Threads
- The Institute for Professional Leadership’s Leading as Lawyers Conference
- Continuing Legal Education (CLE) offerings
Distinguished Speaker Series 2022-2023
Michael J. Gerhardt, University of North Carolina
Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence
Specializations: Constitutional conflicts between presidents and Congress
Nov. 29, 2022
Michael Gerhardt serves as the Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of North Carolina. His teaching and research focuses on constitutional conflicts between presidents and Congress. Gerhardt is the author of seven books, including “Lincoln’s Mentors” (Harper Collins, 2021), and leading treatises on impeachment, appointments, presidential power, Supreme Court precedent, and separation of powers. He was inducted into the American Law Institute in 2016.
Gerhardt’s extensive public service has included his testifying more than 20 times before Congress, including as the only joint witness in the Clinton impeachment proceedings in the House; speaking behind closed doors to the entire House of Representatives about the history of impeachment in 1998; serving as special counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee for eight of the nine sitting Supreme Court justices; and as one of four constitutional scholars called by the House Judiciary Committee during President Trump’s impeachment proceedings.
Mark Nevitt, Emory University School of Law
Associate Professor
Specializations: Environmental law, security implications of climate change
Feb. 2, 2023
Mark Nevitt is an associate professor at Emory University School of Law. His research focuses on environmental law, with an emphasis on climate change’s role in destabilizing numerous areas of law and climate change’s security implications. Before joining Emory, Nevitt served as an associate professor at Syracuse University College of Law and as the Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Law at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. His articles have appeared or are forthcoming in the Washington University Law Review, Boston College Law Review, Georgia Law Review, U.C. Davis Law Review, Yale Journal of Regulation and Harvard Environmental Law Review, among others.
W. Bradley Wendel, Cornell Law School
Edwin H. Woodruff Professor of Law
Specializations: Torts and product liability, philosophy of law
Feb. 16, 2023
Bradley Wendel is the Edwin H. Woodruff Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, where he formerly served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. A member of the American Law Institute, his teaching and scholarly interests are in the regulation of the legal profession and torts, and his research focuses on the application of moral and political philosophy to problems of legal ethics. He has authored four books, including Canceling Lawyers, which is forthcoming from Oxford Press. In addition, he has written numerous book chapters and articles, which have appeared in such journals as Boston University Law Review, Fordham Law Review, Texas Law Review, Michigan Law Review, and Vanderbilt Law Review, among others.
Gina Gail S. Fletcher, Duke Law School
Professor of Law
Specializations: Complex financial Instruments and market regulation
March 7, 2023
Gina Gail S. Fletcher is a Professor of Law at Duke Law School. Her research deals with complex financial instruments and market regulation, recently focusing more specifically on the interplay between public regulation and private ordering in balancing financial innovation against market stability and integrity. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Yale Law Journal, New York University Law Review, and Vanderbilt Law Review, among others. Professor Fletcher has testified before the U.S. Senate on financial market structure, investor protection, and market integrity. She serves as a member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee and as a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Issues Committee.
Edward B. Foley, The Ohio State University
Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law; Director, Election Law at Ohio State
Specializations: Campaign finance, constitutional law, election law and voting rights
April 4, 2023
Edward B. Foley holds the Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law at The Ohio State University, where he also directs its election law program. A member of the American Law Institute, his expertise lies in the areas of campaign finance, constitutional law, election law, and voting rights. He has authored numerous books, including his most recent work, Presidential Elections and Majority Rule, and his articles have appeared in such journals as Wisconsin Law Review, Georgia Law Review, and Chicago Law Review, among others. He is a contributing opinion columnist for the Washington Post, and his op-eds and other essays have also appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Politico, and Slate, among other publications, and he frequently writes online commentary on election law issues of public interest.
Michael J. Gerhardt, University of North Carolina
Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence
Specializations: Constitutional conflicts between presidents and Congress
Nov. 29, 2022
Michael Gerhardt serves as the Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of North Carolina. His teaching and research focuses on constitutional conflicts between presidents and Congress. Gerhardt is the author of seven books, including “Lincoln’s Mentors” (Harper Collins, 2021), and leading treatises on impeachment, appointments, presidential power, Supreme Court precedent, and separation of powers. He was inducted into the American Law Institute in 2016.
Gerhardt’s extensive public service has included his testifying more than 20 times before Congress, including as the only joint witness in the Clinton impeachment proceedings in the House; speaking behind closed doors to the entire House of Representatives about the history of impeachment in 1998; serving as special counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee for eight of the nine sitting Supreme Court justices; and as one of four constitutional scholars called by the House Judiciary Committee during President Trump’s impeachment proceedings.
Mark Nevitt, Emory University School of Law
Associate Professor
Specializations: Environmental law, with an emphasis on climate change’s role in destabilizing numerous areas of law and climate change’s security implications
Feb. 2, 2023
Mark Nevitt is an associate professor at Emory University School of Law. His research focuses on environmental law, with an emphasis on climate change’s role in destabilizing numerous areas of law and climate change’s security implications. Before joining Emory, Nevitt served as an associate professor at Syracuse University College of Law and as the Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Law at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. His articles have appeared or are forthcoming in the Washington University Law Review, Boston College Law Review, Georgia Law Review, U.C. Davis Law Review, Yale Journal of Regulation and Harvard Environmental Law Review, among others.
W. Bradley Wendel, Cornell Law School
Edwin H. Woodruff Professor of Law
Specializations: Torts and product liability, philosophy of law
Feb. 16, 2023
Bradley Wendel is the Edwin H. Woodruff Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, where he formerly served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. A member of the American Law Institute, his teaching and scholarly interests are in the regulation of the legal profession and torts, and his research focuses on the application of moral and political philosophy to problems of legal ethics. He has authored four books, including Canceling Lawyers, which is forthcoming from Oxford Press. In addition, he has written numerous book chapters and articles, which have appeared in such journals as Boston University Law Review, Fordham Law Review, Texas Law Review, Michigan Law Review, and Vanderbilt Law Review, among others.
Gina Gail S. Fletcher, Duke Law School
Professor of Law
Specializations: Complex financial instruments and market regulation
March 7, 2023
Gina Gail S. Fletcher is a Professor of Law at Duke Law School. Her research deals with complex financial instruments and market regulation, recently focusing more specifically on the interplay between public regulation and private ordering in balancing financial innovation against market stability and integrity. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Yale Law Journal, New York University Law Review, and Vanderbilt Law Review, among others. Professor Fletcher has testified before the U.S. Senate on financial market structure, investor protection, and market integrity. She serves as a member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee and as a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Issues Committee.
Edward B. Foley, The Ohio State University
Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law; Director, Election Law at Ohio State
Specializations: Campaign finance, constitutional law, election law and voting rights
April 4, 2023
Edward B. Foley holds the Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law at The Ohio State University, where he also directs its election law program. A member of the American Law Institute, his expertise lies in the areas of campaign finance, constitutional law, election law, and voting rights. He has authored numerous books, including his most recent work, Presidential Elections and Majority Rule, and his articles have appeared in such journals as Wisconsin Law Review, Georgia Law Review, and Chicago Law Review, among others. He is a contributing opinion columnist for the Washington Post, and his op-eds and other essays have also appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Politico, and Slate, among other publications, and he frequently writes online commentary on election law issues of public interest.
Distinguished Speaker Series Archives
The University of Tennessee’s College of Law Faculty Colloquium Series brings to campus legal scholars from across the country to discuss their scholarship in a colloquium setting. Contact Associate Dean for Faculty Development Michael Higdon for more details.
- Melissa Mortazavi, Second Century Presidential Professor and Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law
2020-2021
- Lisa Avalos, Hermann Moyse, Sr. Professor of Law, Louisiana State University
- Catherine Janasie, Research Counsel for the National Sea Grant Law Center, University of Mississippi School of Law
- Thomas Bennett, Associate Professor and Wall Family Fellow, University of Missouri School of Law
- Meera E. Deo, The Honorable Vaino Spencer Chair/Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School
2019-2020
- Fred Smith, Jr., Professor of Law, Emory University
- Hillel Levin, Alex W. Smith Professor of Law, University of Georgia
- Shirin Sinnar, Professor of Law and John A. Wilson Faculty Scholar, Stanford University
- Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, University of California
2018-2019
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Corrina Lain, S. D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Joseph Fishkin, Marrs McLean Professor in Law, University of Texas, Austin
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Dan Simon, Richard L. and Maria B. Crutcher Professor of Law, University of Southern California
- Randy Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University
- Sean Seymore, Professor of Law and Professor of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University
2016-2017
- Felix Chang, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for the Global Practice of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law
- Mark Hall, Fred D. and Elizabeth L Turnage Professor Of Law, Wake Forest University College of Law
- Patricia J. Zettler, Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
- Martin H. Redish, Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
- Kate Sablosky, Assistant Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
- Eric Chaffee, Distinguished University Professor, University of Toledo
2022-2023
- Michael J. Gerhardt, Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law
- Mark Nevitt, Associate Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law
- W. Bradley Wendel, Edwin H. Woodruff Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
- Gina Gail S. Fletcher, Professor of Law, Duke Law School
- Edward B. Foley, Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law, Ohio State University
2021-2022
- Melissa Mortazavi, Second Century Presidential Professor and Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law
2020-2021
- Lisa Avalos, Hermann Moyse, Sr. Professor of Law, Louisiana State University
- Catherine Janasie, Research Counsel for the National Sea Grant Law Center, University of Mississippi School of Law
- Thomas Bennett, Associate Professor and Wall Family Fellow, University of Missouri School of Law
- Meera E. Deo, The Honorable Vaino Spencer Chair/Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School
2019-2020
- Fred Smith, Jr., Professor of Law, Emory University
- Hillel Levin, Alex W. Smith Professor of Law, University of Georgia
- Shirin Sinnar, Professor of Law and John A. Wilson Faculty Scholar, Stanford University
- Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, University of California
2018-2019
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Corrina Lain, S. D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Joseph Fishkin, Marrs McLean Professor in Law, University of Texas, Austin
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Dan Simon, Richard L. and Maria B. Crutcher Professor of Law, University of Southern California
- Randy Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University
- Sean Seymore, Professor of Law and Professor of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University
2016-2017
- Felix Chang, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for the Global Practice of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law
- Mark Hall, Fred D. and Elizabeth L Turnage Professor Of Law, Wake Forest University College of Law
- Patricia J. Zettler, Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
- Martin H. Redish, Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
- Kate Sablosky, Assistant Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
- Eric Chaffee, Distinguished University Professor, University of Toledo