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YLD Affiliate News for April 2016

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 29, 2016
American Bar Association YLD – ABA President Paulette Brown is in Nashville today visiting with the local Boys & Girls Club. Recognize your affiliate’s service to the bar and to the public in Awards of Achievement. Applications are due June 15. 

Take a look at the ABA YLD’s Past Initiatives for ideas on implementing a project for your affiliate.

For more information, visit the ABA website. To learn more about the ABA YLD visit the group online, follow them on Facebook and Twitter or connect on Linkedin. To get involved contact Nashville lawyer Matt Potempa, (615) 810-8438, for more information.

Blount County Bar Association YLD – The Blount County Bar YLD will hold its monthly meeting on April 19 at noon. Executive committee elections will be held. For more information contact President Nick Black, (865) 238-0665.
 
Chattanooga Bar Association YLD – The Chattanooga Bar Association YLD continues to have monthly social happy hours with the next one tentatively scheduled for May 25th at Universal Joint.  The YLD will continue its quarterly Coffee Talks with local judges throughout this upcoming year.  The group will be having doing its Access to Justice pro bono legal clinic on May 21st at Dallas Bay Baptist Church in Hixson.  For more information about the group contact President Corrin Fulton, (423) 756-5171, or follow the group on Facebook.
 
Jackson Madison County Bar Association YLD – The Jackson-Madison County YLD will be working with the Hands Up pre-school this year as well as several other organizations. For more information about the group contact President Kortney Simmons, (731) 660-8810 or follow news on the group's Facebook page.
 
Knoxville Bar Association Barristers – The Barristers have a number of events and activities planned for the upcoming year:
  
The Access to Justice Committee invites you to volunteer at the next Saturday Bar on May 6.  Also on May 6, the KBA Law & Liberty Award will be presented at the KBA Law Day.
 
The Barristers Volunteer Breakfast is a recurring event on the fourth Thursday of each month at 6:15 a.m. The Barristers Volunteer Breakfast Committee always need volunteers to serve food or sponsor.  Sign up here. 
 
This year’s Barristers Professional Clothing Drive in April was a smashing success, thanks to innumerable generous donors and the many hardworking volunteers who helped make the event possible.  Literally truckloads of clothing were donated to the YWCA, the Connect Ministries Career Closet, and Knox Area Rescue Ministries.  Thank you all for your support of this wonderful cause!
 
The Law Week & School Outreach Committee thanks all of the volunteers who participated in the Junior Judges presentations over the past month.  We appreciate you for making it a successful event.
 
Check out the Barristers online or on Facebook, or contact President Rachel Hurt, (865) 546-7000, for more information.
 
Maury County Bar Association YLD – The Maury County YLD continues to hold social gatherings on the first Tuesday of the month. The group is working on finishing up a Clerks Directory for the benefit of local young lawyers.  For more information contact President Travis Jones, (931) 797-2344.
 
Memphis Bar Association YLD –  For more information about the MBA YLD, or if you would like to get involved with the MBA YLD, please contact President Jonathan May, (901) 577-6102 or visit the group’s Facebook page. 
 
Montgomery County Bar Association YLD – The group recently held a successful free legal advice clinic for seniors at the Robertson County Senior Citizens Center in Springfield.  For information about the Montgomery County YLD contact President Justin Sensing, (931) 552-5670.
 
Nashville Bar Association YLD – For more information about the NBA YLD contact Justin McNaughton, (615) 782-2215, or follow the group on Facebook.
 
Northeast Tennessee Young Lawyers Association – Sunny Sandos will be President of NETYLA for the 2016-2017 year.  The board currently has vacancies, so if you are a young lawyer in Sullivan County, Washington County, Johnson County, Carter County, Unicoi County, Greene County, Hamblen County, Hawkins County or Hancock County and want to become more involved, please contact Sunny Sandos, (423) 439-4641.
 
Additionally, in conjunction with the TBA YLD, NETYLA is hosting a Wills for Heroes Clinic May 21, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Washington County Johnson City Emergency Medical Service Inc. Training Room.  For more information or to volunteer, please contact Rachel Ralston Mancl, (423) 283-6319 or Holly Mancl, (423) 793-4808.

For more information please contact President Holly Mancl, (423) 793-4800. Follow news from the group on Facebook.

 
Upper Cumberland Young Lawyers Association – The UCYLA usually tries to meet on the first Thursday of each month.  For more information about the group and specific dates and times for meetings, please contact President Russell C. Tribble.  Follow news from the group on Facebook.
 
Williamson County Bar Association YLD – The WCBA-YLD recently held a social at Cool Springs Brewery. The WCBA-YLD annual meeting will be held at 325 Bridge Street on May 16th, 2016, at 5:00. At this meeting, incoming officers will be elected for the 2016-2017 year. Qualified candidates may propose their candidacy by communicating their interest to Cort Bethmann. For information about the group contact President Cort Bethmann, (615) 591-4002 or follow news from the group on Facebook.