Mutual Benefits for Many

The move downtown is a project with many winners among the numerous constituencies within our community and region:

The students

• A stimulating, comfortable, state-of-the-art learning environment.
• Greatly enhanced opportunities to learn about the practice of law in realistic courtroom, clinic, law office and other settings.
• Significantly enhanced opportunities to interact with the local bar in and out of the classroom.
• Enhanced reputation of their law school and law degree.

The faculty

• Enhanced teaching environment with significantly improved technology and space.
• Further integration of the clinical faculty with other law school faculty.
• More opportunities for meaningful interaction with the bar.
• Enhanced pride in the reputation of the law school.

The School of Law

• Significantly improved space for classrooms, courtrooms, offices, student activities and meetings.
• Enhanced ability to attract and recruit top quality faculty and students.
• State of the art, spacious and user-friendly library.
• Enhanced national reputation as a leader in legal education.

The University

• Strong and permanent visibility in downtown Memphis.
• Leadership participation in downtown renaissance.
• Enhanced reputation resulting from the national visibility of a School of Law with a superior program in one of the nation’s premier facilities.
• Better service to the legal community and to the community at large.

The legal community

• Access to a state of the art law library and technology.
• More opportunities to participate in the academic life of the law school as judges for moot court competitions, as presenters and as adjuncts.
• Closer proximity to law students for clerking opportunities.
• Enhanced quality of the student recruitment pool for new hires, resulting from an enhanced recruitment pool for the student body, due to the law school’s outstanding facility.
• Easier access to the expertise of the faculty.

The business, retail and larger community

• Positive economic impact from 500  students, faculty and staff in the downtown area on a daily basis.
• Increased demand for downtown housing.
• Greater opportunities for new businesses to locate and flourish downtown.
• Increased vibrancy and activity downtown throughout the day and evening hours.
• Influx of talented professionals into the city.

The State of Tennessee

• Enhanced reputation for quality higher education.
• Growing numbers of high quality young  professionals moving  to the state.
• Retention of our own excellent and productive young professionals.