• LAW 894: Employment Law Seminar

  2.00 - 3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Seminar course will examine selected topics in employment law. Students will be expected to write a research paper that satisfies the expository writing requirement.Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for 2-3 hours.Comment: Limited enrollment.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 895: Labor Relations Law

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Political, social and economic influences in development of federal labor relations laws; employee rights of self-organization; union and employer unfair labor practices; strikes, lockouts, boycotts, and collective bargaining processes; enforcement of collective agreements; individual rights of employees; federal preemption and state regulation.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 896: Employment Law

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Explores federal and state regulation of the employment relationship. Focuses on state common-law doctrines, particularly the employment ‘at-will’ doctrine and its erosion through contract (e.g., employee handbooks), tort (e.g., fraud and defamation), and public policy claims. Addresses limits on employee conduct, including non-compete agreements and trade secret protections; laws dealing with whistleblowers, retaliation, and workplace privacy; and constitutional protections of employees’ free speech and free association rights. Considers federal legislation on minimum wage and overtime, family and medical leave, and ERISA.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 897: Employment Discrimination Law

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Surveys the major federal statutes dealing with discrimination in employment, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Considers discrimination based on an employee’s status (e.g., race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, and disability), sexual harassment, reverse discrimination, and affirmative action. Examines some practical aspects of practice in this area, particularly administrative requirements for pursuing discrimination litigation.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 905: Advocacy Clinic

  6.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Supervised fieldwork requiring substantial responsibility for representing clients with various civil and criminal legal problems. Will explore and begin to develop the fundamental professional skills involved in practicing law. Will gain experience interviewing and counseling clients, negotiating with other attorneys, planning for dispute resolutions, trials and hearings, initiating and defending claims, conducting factual investigations, and presenting evidence. Will also explore holistic lawyering and systematic solutions to individual legal problemsCredit Restriction: May not be taken concurrently with 947, 948 or 949.(RE) Corequisite(s): 814 and 920.Comment(s): Third-year standing required. Students may not take Advocacy Clinic (905) in the same semester as the Prosecutorial Externship (947), the Public Defender Externship (948), or the Judicial Externship (949). Second semester second year students may be eligible by waiver, space permitting.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 906: Expungement Mini-Clinic

  1.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  The Expungement Mini-Clinic focuses on one of the most significant criminal reentry issues facing people who have been arrested for a crime – cleaning up a person’s criminal record. Students will assist clients with Tennessee’s complex expungement process from conducting the initial interview to preparing the expungement petition. Integrates statutory interpretation, lawyering skills, and ethics through an in-depth study of Tennessee’s expungement statutes, related caselaw, and rules of professional conduct. Will offer a foundation in interviewing, counseling, and advocacy skills. Combines law, theory, and practice through in-class discussions, simulations, and a live-client clinic with professor assessment of all components.(DE)Corequisite(s): Law 814.Comment(s): Course is open to second and third-year students.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 908: Mediation Clinic

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Supervised fieldwork requiring students to assume substantial responsibility for mediating actual legal disputes. Students study mediation process, theory, strategy, tactics and skills through readings, simulations, and service as mediators in the Knox County General Sessions Court and other settings. The course includes mediation ethics, the relationship of mediation to other dispute resolution methods, the roles of attorneys in mediation, and the writing of mediation agreements.(RE) Corequisite(s): 814 and 914.Comment(s): 914 may be waived based on participation in ABA Representation in Mediation Competition and substantial prior mediation training.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 909: Transactional Law Clinic

  6.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Students will learn transactional law skills through the representation of small businesses, nonprofit organizations, community-based associations, entrepreneurs, and artists. Through supervised fieldwork, student attorneys will assume primary responsibility for representing clients with various non-litigation matters. Such matters might include: providing advice regarding legal entity choice and forming the entity; identifying state and local business licensing and permitting requirements; providing advice regarding tax-exempt status; drafting governance documents; negotiating and drafting contracts; advising entities on employment and independent contractor arrangements; and assisting with trademark and copyright registration.(DE) Prerequisite(s): 827.(DE) Corequisite(s): 814 and 842.Grading Restriction(s): Numeric grading only.Registration Restriction(s): Course is open to third-year and second-semester, second-year JD students only.
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• LAW 910: Non-Profit Corporations

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Examines federal and state laws that govern non-profit corporations and offers practical clinical experience representing local corporations. Teams of students conduct legal audits of local non-profit corporations, make presentations to administrators and directors, draft corporate documents, and help clients resolve legal problems. (DE) Corequisite(s): 814.Comment(s): Third year standing required; second-semester second-year students may be eligible by waiver, space permitting.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 911: Family Law Mediation Clinic

  6.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  The Family Law Mediation Clinic focuses on the mediation process, and mediation theory, strategy, tactics, and skills in the context of family relationships. Students study and develop these skills through readings and simulations and through service as mediators in the Knox County Juvenile Court and in other settings. The Clinic has two components: (1) the classroom component of the Clinic, in which students will attend classes that will involve reading assignments, traditional lectures, speakers, simulations, and discussion to prepare for the live- client mediations; and (2) the experiential component, during which student will observe and co-mediate cases with experienced family mediators in the Knox County Juvenile General Sessions Court and scheduled appearances in other settings. The Clinic satisfies Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31’s training requirements (only) for certification as a family mediator.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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