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Blackshear Gala raises
record amount for scholarship
The twelfth annual Julian Blackshear Scholarship Gala took place on March
31 with keynote speaker Judge Bernice Donald, United States Court of Appeals
for the Sixth Circuit.
Judge Donald was formerly a judge for the US Bankruptcy Court for the
Western District of Tennessee. She was the first African American woman in
the history of the United States to serve as a bankruptcy judge.
The College of Law presented Carla Fox (LAW ’91) and Melvin Malone (LAW
’89) with the R.B.J. Campbelle, Jr. Award in recognition of their extraordinary
efforts to advance the causes of equality and justice. The award is named after
the college’s first African American graduate. Julian Blackshear and his
children, Jeffery and Lillian, were in attendance.
The gala raised more than $15,000 for the scholarship and had the largest
attendance yet. Supporting sponsors
were Merchant and Gould, PC, and
Pilot Corporation. Table sponsors included
Baker, Donelson, Bearman,
Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC; Bass Berry
& Sims PLC; Boston, Holt, Sockwell &
Durham, PLLC; Butler Snow, O’Mara,
Stevens & Cannada, PLLC; Charles
H. Miller Legal Clinic; the Family of
R.B.J. Campbelle, Jr.; Knoxville Jewish
Alliance; Kramer Rayson LLP; Lewis,
King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C.; London
& Amburn, P.C.; Miller and Martin
PLLC; Sherrard & Roe, PLC; Student
Bar Association; Ursula Bailey and Mark Brown;
Williams Teusink LLC.
The Julian Blackshear Scholarship enables
the College of Law to recruit and retain many of
its best and brightest students. These students
come from diverse backgrounds and add their
perspectives and experiences to the classroom as
well as the law community. Twenty-nine percent
of the fall 2011 entering class were students of
color. The Blackshear Scholarship plays an everincreasing
role in expanding student diversity.
Top right:Alumni and friends visit during the Blackshear Gala.
Middle right: Julian Blackshear and his daughter, Lillian (right), with
students. At left: Carla Fox was a co-winner of the R.B.J. Campbelle, Jr.
award presented by Dean Doug Blaze.
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