Name: Tennessee Contempt
Start: 2025-08-29T09:45:00-0700
End: 2025-08-29T10:45:00-0700

Welcome to EJU2025: Moving Forward Together

Friday August 29, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT

The course covers civil and criminal contempt of court in Tennessee’s courts of record, including caselaw, statutory and rule requirements; defenses; appeals; and pitfalls.

Learning Objectives:

Better understanding of criminal and civil contempt and their differences.
Better understanding of how to seek and defend against contempt sanctions.
Better understanding of appellate review of the granting and denial of contempt sanctions.

Speakers

Russell Fowler

Legal Aid of East Tennessee

Russell Fowler, a 10th generation Tennessean, is Director of Litigation and Advocacy and Managing Attorney at Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) and since 1999 has been adjunct professor of political science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). In 2005, he was selected... Read More →

Friday August 29, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Cambridge A

Equal Justice University 2025

Russell Fowler

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