The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated Coffee County lawyer Matthew Lee Harris. The court had suspended Harris on April 17 for being substantially noncompliant with a Tennessee Lawyer Assistance Program (TLAP) monitoring agreement and posing a risk of substantial harm to the public. Harris petitioned the court for dissolution of the suspension on May 16. The Board of Professional Responsibility reported that Harris had remedied his noncompliance and sufficiently established his fitness to practice law. The court also approved a request to file documents in the case under seal.

In preparation for the Aug. 1 primaries and the Nov. 5 general election, Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett is urging all Tennesseans meeting eligibility requirements to consider becoming poll workers for this year’s election cycle. For more information about becoming a poll worker, visit https://sos.tn.gov/pollworkers.

Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Smith has officially launched his bid to be elected Tennessee’s District 68 state representative. He is seeking to replace Curtis Johnson, the long-time representative who recently announced his pending retirement. Clarksville Online has more on the campaign.

Dozens of officials and community members gathered in front of the Hamilton County Juvenile Court recently to celebrate the launch of a Safe Baby Court, the Times Free Press reports. Under the program, parents work with a team of professionals, including case managers, welfare workers, developmental specialists and attorneys to find the best placement for their infants and toddlers. In 2017, Tennessee passed legislation to create the "Zero to Three Court Initiative" to improve the outcome for children under age four. About 1,000 children have been involved in the program across the state since its creation.

A conservative group in Wisconsin has filed complaints against the American Bar Association (ABA), a federal magistrate judge in Minnesota and three law schools alleging bias in hiring programs for students. According to Bloomberg Law, the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the complaints with the U.S. Justice and Education departments, claiming that the programs violate federal law by targeting applicants based on race, age and sexual orientation. The law schools targeted were South Texas College, the University of the Pacific and Willamette University.

Naussany Investments, the company trying to foreclose on and sell Graceland, is dropping its effort, according to the Daily Memphian. The move comes after Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins this morning postponed a planned auction. Naussany claims that Lisa Marie Presley failed to repay a $3.8 million loan she took out in 2018 using the property as collateral. Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough sued Naussany after news of the sale broke. She claims the loan documents involving her mother had been forged.

A new Vanderbilt University poll, which surveyed 1,003 registered voters in Tennessee, found that those who favor a woman’s right to an abortion slightly outnumber those who do not — a change from recent years, Axios reports. The poll also found that voters on a bipartisan basis support in vitro fertility treatments. With regard to gun control legislation, most Tennesseans favor keeping guns away from people who are a danger to themselves or others, but are split on allowing teachers to carry concealed guns on school campuses. Other notable findings show low approval for state government and majority approval for legalizing recreational cannabis. WKRN reports on that finding.

The Trial Court Vacancy Commission met yesterday in Gallatin to consider nine applicants for a circuit court judge vacancy in the 18th Judicial District, which serves Sumner County. After holding a public hearing and conducting public interviews, the commission selected the following three nominees to forward to Gov. Bill Lee for his consideration: 18th Judicial District Assistant District Attorneys Jennifer S. Nichols and Tara A. Wyllie, and Sumner County Circuit Court Clerk Kathryn Strong. The new judicial position was created by the Tennessee General Assembly through Public Chapter No. 600, enacted on March 27. The position will be effective as of Sept. 1.

The TBA and the Tennessee Alliance of Black Lawyers (TABL) will host a joint CLE during next month’s TBA Convention focused on the nuanced relationship between criminal justice and other areas of the law. The program will take place on June 13 from 4-5:30 p.m. CDT in the Venetian Room of the Peabody Hotel. Speakers include Davidson County Magistrate Judge Jerice Glanton, Memphis-Shelby County Chief Magistrate Judge Aftan Strong, Johnika Geeter with the Geeter Law Office, and Will Perry with Butler Snow. Princess Rogers, with the Davidson County District Attorney’s office, will moderate the discussion. Learn more about this and other CLE being offered at the annual Convention.

A Knoxville woman arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on the campus of the University of Tennessee College of Law says her religious freedoms were violated by the Knox County Sheriff's Department, Knox News reports. According to Layla Soliz, officers forced her to remove her hijab for a booking photo and then posted a photo of her without the head covering, despite assurances that it would not be publicly viewable.