TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on May 25, 2026

The University of Tennessee Winston College of Law has announced that the Art Stolnitz Distinguished Professor of Law Paula Schaefer has been named interim dean of the law school, beginning July 1. She will succeed Lonnie T. Brown Jr., who has been named dean of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Schaefer joined the Winston Law faculty in 2008 and served as associate dean for academic affairs from 2019 to 2023. She leads the Winston Fellows program and teaches professional responsibility, civil procedure and lawyering & professionalism. She also coordinates and teaches in the Semester in Residence program. A national search for a permanent dean is planned to begin in the fall.