Legal History Project

The Foundation’s Legal History Project preserves the record of the legal profession in Tennessee by conducting individual, video interviews of senior attorneys and retired members of the Supreme Court about their lives and experiences in the law, as well as the social and political issues of their day. The Project has also created numerous 30-minute entertainment video collages that contain the “best of” moments from each interviewee on selected topics. The collages are professionally produced, complete with titles and music.

The interviews and collages may be viewed on the internet and through this site:

• A summary of recent video collages is available immediately below.

• A summary of recent individual interviewees is listed alphabetically, below the group of collages.

The individual interviews and collages are also available for loan or purchase. Please contact us for details.
Additional interviews of Tennessee lawyers and judges are available on the websites of the Knoxville Bar Association and the Nashville Bar Association.

Explore Collages and Interviews

Collages

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Tennessee Legal Traditions 2020 – Part II

26 minutes
Includes: Alexander, Bryant, Cooley, Gordon, Holder, McBride, McCoy, Oakley, Robinson, Stansberry, Trauger

Tennessee Legal Traditions: Charter Fellows

28 minutes
Includes: Arnett, Bahner, Bearman, Bogatin, Branstetter, Chambliss, Draper, Gilbert, Gilreath, Harvill, Keaton, Marston, McMurray, Reid, Rucker, Sims, Tate, Tomlin, Winchester

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Tennessee Legal Traditions 2020

30 minutes
Includes: Alexander, Bryant, Cooley, Gordon, Holder, McBride, McCoy, Oakley, Robinson, Stansberry, Trauger

Tennessee Legal Traditions 2017

34 minutes
Includes: Acree, Jr., Beasley, Bracy, Fraley, Jr., Gilreath, Koch, Jr., Shine, Summers, Wade

Tennessee Legal Traditions 2015 Part II

31 minutes
Includes: Daniel, Emison, Jr., Gilliland, Goddard, Gray, Harvey, Hinds, Jack, Kline, Lawwell

Interviews

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Justice Sharon G. Lee

Madisonville

Interviewed by:
Celeste H. Herbert

Susan Emery McGannon

Murfreesboro

Interviewed by:
Aleta Arthur Trauger

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Judge Julia Smith Gibbons

Memphis

Interviewed by:
Chief Justice Roger A. Page

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H. Greeley Wells, Jr

Kingsport

Interviewed by:
Judge Robert H. Montgomery, Jr.

Jimmie C. Miller

Kingsport

Interviewed by:
William C. Bovender

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Charles W. Bone

Nashville

Interviewed by:
J. Houston Gordon