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Death penalty defense lawyer Bill Redick dies
Nashville criminal defense lawyer and death penalty opponent William P. Redick died Feb. 4 after a long battle with cancer. He was 68. A 1970 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, he worked on death penalty cases from the early 1980s and served as the director of the Capital Case Resource Center of Tennessee (CCRC) from its founding in 1988 until its closing. In 1992 Redick was the first recipient of the Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference's (TACDL) Death Penalty Award; in 2003 he received the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Legal Service Award; and in 2010 he received TACDL's Lifetime Achievement Award. He wrote about the death penalty in Tennessee in this 2009 Tennessee Bar Journal article. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.


Attendance flags at part-time law schools
According to a panel of legal educators who gathered during the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) annual meeting in January, enrollment in part-time programs is declining. The group cited as contributing factors lagging employer support, workers' fears about losing their jobs, the growing popularity of Master of Business Administration programs, rising tuition and the tough legal job market. Even with the decline, law schools have continued to create part-time programs.
The National Law Journal looks into it

New York lawyer nominated ABA president-elect
New York City lawyer James R. Silkenat, a partner in the national law firm of Sullivan & Worcester, has been nominated to become president-elect of the American Bar Association. The ABA House of Delegates will vote on the nomination in August. If elected, Silkenat will serve a one-year term as ABA president-elect before taking office as president of the association in August 2013 at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
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Jilted
When Breaking a Heart Is Breaking the Law

Read about this and more in the February Tennessee Bar Journal.

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Free online research for TBA members
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TBA offers insurance services
Responding to member needs for health disability, life and professional liability insurance, the TBA now provides TBA Member Insurance Solutions. The program offers TBA members experienced agents and highly rated carriers.

Court approves first major amendments to ethics rules
The Tennessee Supreme Court has adopted the first set of comprehensive amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct since the new rules became effective in March 2003. These amendments became effective Jan. 1, 2011. Find information about the new rules and the changes they will bring to the Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct.

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