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In the Shadow of History: Separation of Powers and Tennessee Courts Roundtable
The Tennessee Constitution’s separation-of-powers provision signifies that the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, while to a degree interdependent, remain independent and co-equal. In particular, the Tennessee Supreme Court has echoed that judiciary independence “ought to be anxiously preserved unimpaired; not on account of the individuals who may happen to be judges—they are nothing—but on account of the security of life, liberty, and the property of the citizen.” Yet, the time-tested concept of judicial independence has again become the subject of public debate. In this roundtable discussion, our distinguished panelists will provide present-day insights of judicial independence in the shadows of our separation-of-powers history.
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Speakers/Producers
- William Koch Jr, Nashville School of Law, Nashville
William C. Koch, Jr. is currently the Dean of the Nashville School of Law. Before his appointment, Dean Koch served as a Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court and as a Judge of the Tennessee Court of...
- Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis School of Law, MEMPHIS
Prof. Mulroy has been on the law faculty since 2000, teaching in the areas of Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Rights, and Election Law. A former civil rights lawyer for the...
- Todd Presnell, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Nashville
Todd Presnell is a Partner with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Nashville. Todd is a trial lawyer licensed in Georgia and Tennessee who represents major corporations, small businesses, tax-exempt...
- Penny White, University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville
Penny White is the Director of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution and the Elvin E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law. She teaches...
- Member: 45.00
- Non-Member: 75.00
- Section: 35.00
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General Credits: 1.00
Total Credits: 1
This program will be filed for Tennessee CLE credit. Please email a request to cle@tnbar.org for Georgia and Mississippi CLE credit.
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Excellent presentation on some very pressing problems with regard to preserving the separation of powers in Tennessee... I can't say enough good things about this presentation.
Exceptional panelists and great discussion!
Excellent program. I would love to see more like it.
Very interesting presentation