Tom Simmons
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Tom Simmons is a lawyer and professor at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, where he teaches Estate Planning and a pair of Tribal Wills Clinic courses. He has received the Cutler Award for Excellence in Legal Education and the John Wesley Jackson Memorial Award for Outstanding Professor of Law. Simmons has written three collections of poetry, most recently Soviets on Venus. He has taught at every level: pre-K, primary, middle school (in Japan), undergraduate paralegal students and law students.
Featured title: Soviets on Venus
Website: https://www.usd.edu/research-and-faculty/faculty-and-staff/tom-e-simmons
TOM’S EVENTS:
- Friday, Sept. 20 @ 2:00 p.m. – A Reading by the USD Law School Poets – The Oscar, Multi-Use South (195A), Brookings
- Friday, Sept. 20 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings
- Saturday, Sept. 21 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings