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Attorney Mentoring Programs in Tennessee by Judicial District
Below is a list of mentoring programs located throughout the State of Tennessee. The mentoring programs are divided by Judicial District and the Tennessee Counties within those Judicial Districts. To determine if there is an attorney mentoring program in your area, please locate your Judicial District and/or County and review the information provided. If your Judicial District/County does not have a mentoring program, please review the "Other Tennessee Programs" section at the bottom of the page to determine if there is a group you are associated with that offers a mentoring program.
If you are unable to locate a mentoring program in your area and would like to be either a Mentor or a Mentee, please contact Christy Gibson at the Tennessee Bar Association via email at cgibson@tnbar.org or via telephone at (615) 383-7421.
1st
Johnson County
Carter County
Washington County
Unicoi County
No Mentoring Program Known
2nd
Sullivan County
Does Not Have a Mentoring Program
3rd
Greene County*
Hamblen County**
Hawkins County**
Hancock County**
*Federal Defender Services places new attorneys in Greene County.
For More Information:
Federal Defender Services
**No Mentoring Program Known
4th
Cocke County
Sevier County
Jefferson County
Grainger County
No Mentoring Program Known
5th
Blount County
Does Not Have a Mentoring Program
6th
Knox County
“Mentor for the Moment” is a Mentor/Mentee Program offered by the Knoxville Bar Association
For More Information:
Knoxville Bar Association
(865) 522-6522
7th
Anderson County
No Mentoring Program Known
8th
Union County
Claiborne County
Campbell County
Scott County
Fentress County
No Mentoring Program Known
9th
Meigs County*
Loudon County**
Roane County**
Morgan County*
*No Mentoring Program Known
**Does Not Have a Mentoring Program
10th
Monroe County
Polk County
Bradley County
McMinn County
No Mentoring Program Known
11th
Hamilton County
Program Being Revived by the Chattanooga Bar Association
For More Information:
Chattanooga Bar Association
(423) 756-3222
12th
Rhea County
Bledsoe County
Sequatchie County
Grundy County
Marion County
Franklin County
No Mentoring Program Known
13th*
Cumberland County**
White County***
De Kalb County**
Putnam County**
Overton County**
Pickett County**
Clay County**
*Mentor/Mentee Program – Chancellor Thurman assigns mentors to each new attorney
**No Mentoring Program Known
***Does Not Have a Mentoring Program
14th
Coffee County
No Mentoring Program Known
15th
Jackson County
Smith County
Wilson County
Macon County
Trousdale County
No Mentoring Program Known
16th
Cannon County
Rutherford County
No Mentoring Program Known
17th
Lincoln County
Moore County
Bedford County
Marshall County
No Mentoring Program Known
18th
Sumner County
No Mentoring Program Known
19th
Robertson County
Montgomery County
No Mentoring Program Known
20th
Davidson County
“Lawyer to Lawyer” is a Mentor/Mentee Program offered by the Nashville Bar Association
For More Information:
Nashville Bar Association
(615) 385-9911
21st
Williamson County
Hickman County
Lewis County
Perry County
No Mentoring Program Known
22nd
Maury County*
Giles County*
Lawrence County**
Wayne County*
*No Mentoring Program Known
**Has an interest in starting a program
23rd
Cheatham County
Dickson County
Humphreys County
Houston County
Stewart County
No Mentoring Program Known
24th
Henry County
Benton County
Carroll County
Decatur County
Hardin County
No Mentoring Program Known
25th
McNairy County
Hardeman County
Fayette County
Tipton County
Lauderdale County
No Mentoring Program Known
26th
Henderson County*
Chester County*
Madison County**
*No Mentoring Program Known
**Does Not Have a Mentoring Program
27th
Weakley County
Obion County
No Mentoring Program Known
28th
Haywood County*
Crockett County*
Gibson County**
*No Mentoring Program Known
**Does Not Have a Mentoring Program
29th
Dyer County
Lake County
No Mentoring Program Known
30th
Shelby County
No Mentoring Program Known
31st
Warren County
Van Buren County
No Mentoring Program Known
OTHER TENNESSEE PROGRAMS
Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (TBA YLD)
Mentor-Mentee Program
For More Information:
http://www.tba.org/programs/mentoring-program
Tennessee Commission of Continuing Legal Education and Specialization
Mentor-Mentee Program
For More Information:
CLE Commission
info@cletn.com
http://www.cletn.com/Contact.aspx
(615) 741-3096
Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers TACDL
Mentor-Mentee Program
For More Information:
TACDL
530 Church Street, Suite 300
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 615-329-1338
Napier Looby Bar Association
Informal Age/Peer and Law Student Programs
TAPABA
Law Student Program
For More Information:
https://sites.google.com/site/teresawchan/home
TAJ
Informal Mentor-Mentee Program
For More Information:
http://www.tnaj.org/index.cfm?pg=MentorProgram
TLAW
Does Not Have a Mentoring Program
TDLA
Law Student Program at the University of Memphis Law School
For More Information:
Inn of Court
Civility Program
For More Information:
Setlaw
Does Not Have a Mentoring Program
Association of Women
Law Student Program at the University of Memphis Law School
For More Information:
FBA
Subject Matter Program on CJA Training Panels
For More Information:
If you know of an attorney mentoring program in your area or would like more information about starting a program in your area, please contact Christy Gibson at the Tennessee Bar Association via email at cgibson@tnbar.org or via telephone at (615) 383-7421.