TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 3, 2025

Hundreds of Clarksville area high school students recently had the chance to watch the Tennessee Supreme Court in action at Austin Peay State University (APSU) through the Supreme Court Advancing Legal Education for Students (SCALES) program. A nationally recognized model for judicial outreach, SCALES brings court cases to college campuses, where participants hear oral arguments and meet with attorneys and justices to ask questions about the legal process. According to Main Street Clarksville, cases are selected based on their relevance and interest to students and typically include both civil and criminal proceedings. “We think this is important because so many students today don’t get the civics education that they used to, and there are particularly few ways to learn about the judiciary,” said Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Jeff Bivins.