TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 29, 2022

Judge Bernice Donald of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will serve as the featured speaker for the University of Tennessee College of Law’s May 2022 commencement ceremonies, the school recently announced. The ceremony will take place May 21 at 12:30 p.m. EDT in Thompson Boling Arena. Donald was confirmed to the court in 2011 and has announced her intention to take senior status once a successor is confirmed. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the district. She was the first Black female judge to serve on each of those courts.