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Celebrate Pro Bono activities
Celebrate Pro Bono

TBA President Gail Vaughn Ashworth visits with Wilson Sims after the Celebrate Pro Bono IOLTA luncheon. An early proponent of the IOLTA program, Sims outlined how it came to be during his address to the gathering.

Senate approves $400 million for LSC
The Senate approved $400 million for the fiscal year 2010 budget of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) last night, an increase of $10 million. Most of the funding -- $374.6 million -- would be distributed as grants to 137 independent, nonprofit legal aid programs that deliver civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and families across America. The total funding approved by the Senate includes $3.4 million for technology grants that improve access to legal assistance for the poor, $1 million for loan repayment assistance to legal aid lawyers, $17 million for management and grants oversight and $4 million for the LSC Office of the Inspector General. In September, LSC released its updated report on the justice gap in America, which found that for every client served by LSC programs, another person who seeks help is turned away because of a lack of program resources.
Download the LSC's "Gap Report"

Knoxville lawyers to be honored at memorial service
The Knoxville Bar Association Memorial Service will be Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. in the Tennessee Supreme Court Courtroom, 505 Main St., with a reception following. The service will be led by Hon. Gary R. Wade and will be opened and closed by Rev. Charles W.B. Fels. KBA members who have died in the last year and will be honored are: Judge J. N. Badgett Jr., Thomas Warren Butler, Mary Lynn Carl-Rogers, Dexter A. Christenberry Sr., Richard W. Clark III, John Dorris Guthrie, Joe R. Haynes Jr., Charles Evans Higdon, Cecil D. Meek Jr., William Hugh Overcash, Ivan Thomas Privette Jr., Toxey Hannon Sewell, Wright Tisdale Jr. and Robert S. Young.


Bar Center directions
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If your email address changes
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Journal online

Journal Online

END OF THE ROAD
New Tax Law Closes FONCE Exemption: Fresh Strategies Needed for Clients with Family-Owned Companies

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

New Resources

Free online research for TBA members
Unlimited online legal research is now available free to all TBA members through an agreement with Fastcase, a leading online legal research firm.

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.

TBA proposes changes to ethics rules
The TBA Board of Governors has authorized a proposed set of refinements to the Rules of Professional Conduct for comment. The proposal is the first thorough examination of the rules since their adoption in March 2003. Read the proposed changes or access the current Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct.

 BPR web site offers resources
The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility web site has resources for consumers and attorneys.


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