Present for the dedication ceremony are (left to right) Graham Matherne, Jean Matherne, Buddy Avery, Jo Matherne Meschendorf, and interim Law Dean John Sobieski.

College of Law honors late Judge L. Kirby Matherne during naming ceremony April 18

The University of Tennessee College of Law dedicated the L. Kirby Matherne Moot Court Classroom during a ceremony April 18 in the second floor rotunda of the law school.

The naming honors the late L. Kirby Matherne, a 1948 graduate of the UT College of Law whose distinguished career including serving as a Judge of the Tennessee Court of Appeals. He died in 2000 at age 80.