Former Court Of Criminal Appeals Judge Jerry Smith has been appointed as an adjunct faculty member at Belmont University College of Law in Nashville.
Judge Smith, who retired from the bench in 2014, will teach appellate practice at the institution starting in October of 2016. He has been an instructor at the Nashville School of Law since 2002, teaching criminal law, criminal procedure, and criminal constitutional law. He will continue to teach there as well.
Judge Smith holds a juris doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law and also received his undergraduate degree from UT. He was appointed to the Court of Criminal Appeals in 1995.
