Committees, Task Forces

Legislative Update

More than 30 law schools in Tennessee and surrounding states have signed up to participate in the 3rd Annual TBA Diversity Job Fair set for Aug. 23-24 at the Tennessee Bar Center in Nashville. This event provides legal employers in Tennessee the opportunity to interview diverse 2L and 3L law students for summer associate positions, clerkships and associate attorney positions. The employer registration deadline is June 7. To learn more, sign up online or contact TBA Programs Director Lynn Pointer. The TBA Diversity Job Fair is an initiative of the TBA Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity.

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.”

The TBA Mentoring Task Force has worked intensively to find all attorney-mentoring programs in Tennessee and compile a list to assist lawyers in locating a mentor. This information is on the TBA’s website so that members can now access this information at any time. The list of mentoring programs has been divided by Judicial Districts and counties within those districts for ease of reference.

Sections, Divisions

Alimony Bench Bar Book

The TBA Family Law Section has announced publication of the 11th Edition Alimony Bench Book. Produced by the members of the section’s Alimony Committee, the book is available for purchase in a loose-leaf format for $40 or a three-ring binder for $50. To order the book, visit the TBA’s online bookstore or contact TBA at (615) 383-7421. Members of the Family Law Section can download the new edition at no charge by logging in to TBA.org and going to the Resources link on the Family Law Section's webpage.  The goal of the publication is to assist judges in the consistent awarding of alimony across the state and help lawyers present their cases in court.

TBA YLD district representatives are busy planning public and legal service projects across the state as part of the group's annual Statewide Public Service Day. Projects range from fundraisers for local charities and CASA agencies to pro bono projects to general service to the community. See a list of current projects and watch for more details and additional events as they become available here.

The TBA Young Lawyers Division has announced this year's Law Day Art & Essay Competition winners. Winchester eighth grader Jonathan M. Brewer from South Middle School took first place in the art contest, while Knoxville 10th grader Caroline Julie Rogers of Bearden High School won first place in the essay contest. This year’s theme "Realizing the Dream: Equality for All,” asked students to explore civil and human rights movements in America and the impact they have had in promoting the ideal of equality under the law.

Journal Online

You're not crazy -- your job really IS more stressful than most. In the May Tennessee Bar Journal read the science behind that, as well as personal stories from your colleagues. And who knew that Richard III had a soft side?  Well, maybe not soft, but Russell Fowler explains how his actions were among the first to acknowledge a need for equal access to justice. John Day writes about common law, Marlene Eskind Moses explains how and when to modify permanent parenting plans, and Don Paine tells readers about the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr is reviewed. Bill Haltom takes fat issue with Mississippi over his right to buy a huge sugary soda.

Events

Calendar

Plan now to be a part of the largest annual gathering of the Tennessee legal community when the Tennessee Bar Association gathers June 12 - 15 in Nashville in conjunction with the Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women, the Tennessee Alliance for Black Lawyers and the Stonewall Bar Association. Expect...

Joseph “Woody” Woodruff, a partner with Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis in Nashville, will run for Division I circuit judge in next May’s Republican primary, the...

Elizabeth Collins, a partner with Thomason Hendrix in Memphis, died this morning (May 23) after a long battle with cancer. She was 50. Collins was a member of the Tennessee Judicial Selection...

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