About Professor Vescovo

Professor Vescovo joined the faculty at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in the fall of 2019.   She currently teaches Legal Methods I & II to first-year law students, and she teaches two upper-level courses—Bar Exam Writing Fundamentals and Judicial Writing.  Professor Vescovo is also the Director of the Memphis Law Externship Program.  

Before transitioning to academia full-time, Professor Vescovo practiced law for a short time at the Memphis law firm Wolff Ardis, P.C., and she served as a judicial law clerk for over 25 years.  She began her clerkship with Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Harry W. Wellford, serving from 1991-1992 and again from 1995-2001.  She later became the senior judicial clerk for Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge, and subsequently Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, Holly Kirby, from 2001 until 2019.

Professor Vescovo has participated in the Association for Women Attorneys mentorship program, and she is active in several Memphis community organizations, both as a board member and as a volunteer.  

Education

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, J.D. 1991; University of Memphis, Business Finance 1988. 

Experience

Senior Law Clerk, Justice (Judge) Holly Kirby, Tennessee Court of Appeals and Tennessee Supreme Court (2001-2019); Law Clerk, Judge Harry Wellford, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (1991-1992; 1995-2001); Wolff Ardis Law Firm, associate attorney (1992-1994); Adjunct Professor of Law, Legal Methods, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (1992-1993; 2016-2017). 

Courses Taught

Legal Methods, Bar Exam Writing Fundamentals, and Judicial Writing.