Public Education Committee

The focus of the Public Education Committee is to develop an array of educational outreach programs for students and adults designed to improve public awareness of the law and our legal system and enhance the public perception of the profession.

Public Education Committee Leadership

Chair
Tasha Blakney
Eldridge & Blakney PC
PO Box 398
Knoxville, TN 37901
See map: Google Maps
tblakney@eblaw.us
(865)544-2010

Public Education Committee News

TBA Honors 2013 YouTube Video Contest Winners

By Stacey Shrader ... on Wed, 05/01/2013 - 12:05pm

Students challenged to produce videos on the importance of a fair and impartial judiciary are being honored by the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) as a part of the national Law Day celebration. Middle and high school students from across Tennessee produced three-minute videos exploring the role of the judiciary, with a focus on issues related to separation of powers and protection of individual rights. The 2013 theme, “The Least Dangerous Branch: The Importance of a Fair & Impartial Judiciary,” centered on Alexander Hamilton’s premise in Federalist Paper No. 78 that judiciary is “the least dangerous” branch of government because it “has no influence over either the sword or the purse.”

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Haslam Signs School Gun Bill

By Brittany Sims on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:05pm

Gov. Bill Haslam signed into law a bill to allow teachers with law enforcement training to carry weapons in classrooms, Nooga reports. Introduced a month after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the bill makes confidential which teachers are armed and dictates the kinds of ammunition allowed.

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