| March 2008 St. Mary's repeats as mock trial champ St. Mary's Episcopal School of Memphis claimed the state high school mock trial championship title earlier this month, defeating second place winner Brentwood High School in the final round of the 28th annual Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition. This was St. Mary's second year in a row to take the title. The team now will represent Tennessee in the national competition May 8-10 in Wilmington, Del. Sixteen teams; nearly 100 attorney volunteers and 30 sitting judges; and hundreds of teachers, coaches and parents participated in the event. TBA President Marcy Eason was among the distinguished panel of scorers in the final round, and Tennessee's newest Supreme Court Justice, William C. Koch Jr. presided over the championship match. Final team rankings, pictures from the competition and award winners are posted at www.tba.org. Special thanks to Colleen Sweeney of Nashville, chair of the YLD Mock Trial Committee, Vice Chair Marisa Combs of Springfield and committee members Robb Bigelow, Candi Henry, David L. Johnson, Jordan Keller, Steven King, Adam Knight and David G. Thompson - all of Nashville - for organizing and hosting an outstanding competition. Election reminder: petitions due April 1 Young lawyers interested in running for a YLD office must file a nominating petition by April 1 with YLD Secretary Effie Bean. Petitions can be emailed to effie.bean@butlersnow.com or faxed to (901) 680-7201. Candidates unopposed for a position are deemed elected on April 1. Contested elections will be decided by secret ballot at the division's annual meeting June 12 in Gatlinburg. Candidates must be under age 36 or within five years of practice at the time they would assume office. The following positions are available:
East Tennessee Governor (1-year term) Middle Tennessee Governor (1-year term) West Tennessee Governor (1-year term) Secretary (1-year term) Treasurer (1-year term) District Representatives from Even-Numbered Districts (2-year terms) Luffman named Chattanooga membership captain Kristie Luffman has been named YLD membership captain in Chattanooga, taking over for Craig Smith who has assumed the position of president of the Chattanooga Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Luffman recently returned to Tennessee after an assignment with the Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney's office. She now is working for the Tennessee Department of Children's Service and can be reached at kristie.luffman@state.tn.us. She previously held the position of YLD membership captain, district representative to the YLD board and Communications Committee member. Luffman's first assignment will be planning a membership social event in Chattanooga in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more details. Transactional CLE focuses on M&A This year's Transactional Practice CLE, produced by the YLD, will focus on working the mergers and acquisitions process. During the first of three hours, faculty will provide an overview of mergers and acquisitions work, as well as a discussion of the substantive requirements of each. During the second hour, a panel of attorneys will discuss a range of tax, real estate, intellectual property and bankruptcy issues that affect an M&A practice. Panelists also will discuss current events, such as the slowing economy, which impact M&A transactions. The final hour of the program will feature a writing workshop to review the documents most frequently used by transactional lawyers. This session will equip participants to draft corporate governance documents, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, stock option plans and non-disclosure agreements. Details are as follows: Credit: 3 General Hours Public Service Day projects highlighted Each year in conjunction with Law Day, the YLD offers lawyers across the state the opportunity to participate in local service projects. YLD district representatives identify projects that benefit individuals, neighborhoods or non-profit organizations and all attorneys are invited to participate. This year's projects include several wine tastings, a pancake breakfast, two golf tournaments and a Habitat house. Find out what is going on in your area and get involved! Over the next several months, E-DICT will feature some of the projects. This month we highlight two: Field Day for Big Brothers Big Sisters Child Advocacy Centers Golf Tournament TBA convention details online It's not too early to mark your calendar for the 2008 TBA Annual Convention in Gatlinburg, June 11-14. Make plans now to experience everything the convention has to offer from fellowship with members of the bench and bar to top-of-the line CLE programming and this year's YLD service project Wills for Heroes. We encourage all young lawyers to join us this year and make Annual Convention an event to remember. Check it out here
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Vol. 6, No. 10 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 hjones@latlaw.com. Hillary Jones Knoxville 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 FORWARD THIS E-MAIL!! Feel free to forward E-DICT to anyone who might be interested in TBA YLD news. MAKE TBA YLD ONLINE YOUR HOME PAGE DISCONTINUE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION? TO STOP receiving E-DICT, send your request to sshrader@tnbar.org Please note: unsubscribing will cancel all electronic communications from the TBA. |
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