KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The new Center for Entrepreneurial Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law will be dedicated Friday, Oct. 18, following a 7 p.m. dinner in the University Center ballroom. Registration will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the UC Crest Room.

 Sam Furrow, owner of Furrow Auction Company and Knoxville Motor Company, will be the keynote speaker.

 Furrow, a 1969 graduate of the UT College of Law, has also been an entrepreneur in heavy construction equipment sales and real estate development.

 At the heart of the Center for Entrepreneurial Law is an academic concentration that prepares students for careers in planning business transactions, drafting documents, and counseling business clients on compliance with the law.

The Center is also working to form mutually beneficial partnerships with private industry and to contribute significantly to the body of knowledge about entrepreneurial law.

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 Contact: R.G.Smithson (423-974-6691)

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