Benjamin H. Barton

{{short description|American legal scholar}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} '''Benjamin H. Barton''' is an American legal scholar and the Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee.

== Education == Barton graduated with honors from Haverford College in 1991 and received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1996.

He won the 2010 LSAC Philip D. Shelton Award for outstanding research in legal education. In 2014-15 he received a Fulbright Award to teach comparative law at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Barton |url=https://truthonthemarket.com/author/benjaminbarton/ |access-date=2026-06-01 |website=Truth on the Market |language=en-US}}</ref> His research has been featured in ''USA Today'', ''TIME Magazine'', and the ''ABA Journal''.<ref> {{cite web|title=Benjamin Barton|url=https://law.utk.edu/directory/benjamin-barton/|website=utk.edu|publisher=University of Tennessee|access-date=March 24, 2023}}</ref>

== Personal life == Barton is married to American politician and Mayor of Knoxville Indya Kincannon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography of Mayor Indya Kincannon |url=https://www.knoxvilletn.gov/government/mayors_office/biography_of_mayor |access-date=2026-06-01 |website=City of Knoxville |language=}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barton, Benjamin H.}} Category:University of Tennessee faculty Category:Living people Category:21st-century American legal scholars Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Place of birth missing (living people)