A $1 million pledge was recently made on behalf of the Chattanooga-based law firm of Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers to support students and faculty at the University of Tennessee Winston College of Law.
The gift will support scholarships for students interested in pursuing legal careers in advocacy, as well as the Douglas A. Blaze Leadership and John K. Morgan scholarships, according to a news release.
The $1 million gift, the latest in a series of substantial gifts by the local law firm over the last several years, continues the firm’s longstanding support of the law school and students who intend to specialize in advocacy.
“Winston Law deeply appreciates the continued support of Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers,” Lonnie T. Brown Jr., dean, Elvin E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law and Haslam Family Professor, said in the release. “The firm’s significant investment in our students and programs helps ensure that our advocacy tradition remains strong and continues to prepare future litigators for successful and fulfilling careers with our signature commitment to serving the public good.”
Ben McGowan, spokesman for the law firm, said the lawyers he works with who are Winston Law graduates” are a daily reminder to the quality of the school’s high standards of instruction and ethics. Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers is pleased to be a small part of that effort.”
Carrie McCamey
Director of communications
Winston College of Law
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