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.
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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
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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Joe G. Riley, Jr.
Ridgely
Interviewed by:
J. Steven Stafford
Justice Sharon G. Lee
Madisonville
Interviewed by:
Celeste H. Herbert
Susan Emery McGannon
Murfreesboro
Interviewed by:
Aleta Arthur Trauger
Judge Julia Smith Gibbons
Memphis
Interviewed by:
Chief Justice Roger A. Page
H. Greeley Wells, Jr
Kingsport
Interviewed by:
Judge Robert H. Montgomery, Jr.
Jimmie C. Miller
Kingsport
Interviewed by:
William C. Bovender