| December 2008 First electronic issue of TYL available The first "green" issue of the Tennessee Young Lawyer was distributed electronically earlier this month and is available for download at www.tba.org/YLD. TYL Editor Hanson Tipton is busy working on the next issue and is looking for substantive legal submissions as well as suggestions for practice tips articles, young lawyer features and member news. Please submit ideas to Tipton at htipton@watsonroach.com or (865) 637-1700. Race Judicata on tap for February Mark your calendar and get ready to lace up your running shoes! The Nashville Bar Association Young Lawyers Division's Sixth Annual Race Judicata will be held Saturday, Feb. 28, at 8 a.m. in Percy Warner Park. This year's charity recipient is the Oasis Center, which helps young people overcome serious challenges -- including homelessness, violence, depression and low self-esteem -- that can prevent them from transitioning into a healthy adulthood. The center is located in Nashville but its services are open to all Tennesseans. Register for the 5K or 10K race or contact race director Allison LaRue at alr@sfrlaw.com or (615) 259-9080 for more information. New Wills for Heroes events set Two Wills for Heroes events will be held in January. The YLD District 13 event will be held in Jackson on Saturday, Jan. 10. Volunteers will meet in the Ben F. Langford Room on the first floor of the Jackson City Hall. Those interested in volunteering to help should contact Paul Whitt at pwhitt@raineykizer.com or (731) 426-8132. The District 7 Wills for Heroes event will be held in Tullahoma on Saturday, Jan. 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those interested in volunteering should contact Aimee Luna at aluna@las.org or (731) 455-7000. Wills for Heroes provides basic estate planning documents to first responders and their families and is the TBA YLD's primary statewide service project for the year. Learn more at www.willsforheroes.org. Local mock trial dates picked Several mock trial district coordinators have announced dates for their local mock trial contests. Coordinators are asked to have all rounds completed by the last weekend in February. Dates announced thus far include: District 1 (Shelby County) - Initial rounds on Feb. 9-12; final rounds on Feb. 17-18. For more information contact Amy Worrell at aworrell@bassberry.com or (901) 543-5706. District 2 (Jackson) - Feb. 14. Those interested in volunteering as a scorer should contact Spencer Barnes at sbarnes@raineykizer.com or (731) 423-2414. District 2 covers Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, McNairy, Madison, Obion, Tipton and Weakley counties. District 4 (Franklin) - Feb. 28. District coordinator Chas Morton can be reached at cmorton@pnmlaw.com or (615) 790-2444. District 4 covers Cannon, Hickman, Lewis, Marshall, Perry, Rutherford and Williamson counties. District 8 (Cookeville) - Feb. 21. District coordinator Rachel Moses is still in need of scorers. To volunteer contact her at rmoses@las.org or (931) 528-7436. District 8 covers Bledsoe, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale, Van Buren, Warren, White and Wilson counties. Upcoming CLE Effectively Handling Malpractice Cases in Tennessee 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 5 general hours, 1 ethics hour Trial Practice for Today's Litigator 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville Earn CLE & peer recognition The TBA YLD is soliciting contributions from members who wish to earn CLE credits by producing online continuing legal education courses this bar year. The YLD CLE Committee is looking for lawyers willing to author and present courses. Opportunities are available to publish on-line text courses or present web casts. This is a great opportunity to earn CLE credit, have your work published, impress your partner and add to your resume. The committee can provide a handbook for producing online CLEs and is willing to partner with authors to help guide them through the process. For more information, please contact Kimberly Bolton, the YLD's online CLE coordinator, at kbolton@ritlaw.com or (865) 524-5353. Young lawyers make "40 under 40" list Congratulations to TBA YLD members Thomas "Tom" Hodges and Jason Long, who were featured in the Knoxville Business Journal's second annual "40 under 40" list. The article focused on 40 young leaders under the age of 40 who are "making their mark in business and the community." Hodges is general counsel and corporate secretary at Clayton Homes. Long is the TBA YLD's immediate past president and attorney at London & Amburn PC. To read the article visit the Knoxville News Sentinel online. Other Knoxville attorneys featured were Dationa O. Carter, 36, federal women's program manager at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge operations and Janet Hayes, 37, an attorney with Lewis King Krieg & Waldrop. |
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Vol. 7, No. 6 IN THIS ISSUE FROM THE EDITOR You are receiving E-DICT as a member benefit of the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. E-DICT features information about upcoming YLD events and ways to get involved, while at the same time showing that we do not take ourselves too seriously. E-DICT is sent monthly to all TBA young lawyer members, law student members, affiliate representatives and TBA YLD Fellows. If you have comments or suggestions regarding the newsletter, please contact the editor at mpetrinjak@raineykizer.com Mary Petrinjak Jackson ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION Statements or opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Tennessee Bar Association, its officers, board or staff. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Please note: unsubscribing will cancel all electronic communications from the TBA. |
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