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Junior Josh Smith led the team’s receivers with 34 yards against Arkansas on Oct. 3. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/Tennessee Athletics

Public defender office aims to show compassion, support Grant Currin Contributor

would have given them control of the game. Tennessee (2-3, 0-2 SEC) had a couple of opportunities to take a two-possession lead into the locker room at halftime but squandered all of them. Instead, the Vols entered halftime tied at 17 with the Razorbacks. Tennessee didn’t make any game-changing plays in the second half, either. That honor went to Arkansas.

Knox County Public Defender Mark Stephens is not your typical public defender, and the Community Law Office does not provide your typical pubic criminal • Mark Stephens defense. Using the state’s constitutional mandate as a starting point, Stephens leads a wide-ranging community project that offers legal counsel, advocacy, social services and the occasional youth soccer clinic. The “holistic, client-centered model,” as the Community Law Office describes it, aims to address social as well as legal issues for individual clients and vulnerable segments of the community. At the office, lawyers and social workers combine their efforts to prevent recidivism and help clients improve their lives. Shaun McComas, a senior in social work and current intern at Stephens’ office, said these at-risk communities present a daily challenge to its employees. “Our work can have immediate and severe consequences, working with really at-risk and vulnerable folks,” McComas said. “Their freedom, their liberty, their rights are at stake. Part of our mission … is to support the attorneys in helping them secure whatever justice they can.”

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Arkansas hogs the spotlight Jonathan Toye Sports Editor Tennessee’s opponent was different, but the result was the same. For the third time this season, the Vols surrendered a two-possession lead, opening the door for Arkansas to take control of the second half and capture a 24-20 victory Saturday night

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at Neyland Stadium. It was the Razorbacks’ first SEC road win under third-year coach Bret Bielema. “I think what summarizes (the loss) is key plays in critical moments of the game,” Tennessee head coach Butch Jones said. “We just weren’t able to make big plays at big moments of the game.” Sound familiar? Just like in the losses to Oklahoma and Florida, the Vols failed to make plays that

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