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Balance Work and Play 2: Finding your Moxie

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 13, 2018

It's the holidays, so maybe you're feeling tired and a little overwhelmed? Maybe work and family demands are too much, but you feel like you just have to "soldier on?" Here's something that will help you reclaim your moxie to battle stressful events like personal and family illness that knock your work and life out of balance. Earn one dual (online) CLE hour.

Reports Show Firms Posting Decade-High Revenue Growth for 2018

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 12, 2018
Two new reports show law firms posted gains during the first three quarters this year that are the best in about a decade, The ABA Journal reports. The nation’s top 50 law firms outperformed other law firms, according to both reports, which were compiled by Wells Fargo Private Bank’s Legal Specialty Group and Citi Private Bank’s Law Firm Group. According to Wells Fargo, revenue increased 8.2 percent at the 50 top firms. Revenue growth was 5.7 percent at law firms ranked 51 to 100 and 2.3 percent for firms ranked 101 to 200. Niche firms outside the top 200 firms also performed well, with demand growing an average of 2.5 percent. The reports did also note a few negatives — the collection cycle has lengthened and law firm costs have risen.

UT Launches Transparency Database That Includes Contracts, Salaries

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 12, 2018
The University of Tennessee has launched a new website called “Transparent UT,” a searchable database of information on students and faculty, which will include contracts for executive staff and salary information, The Tennessean reports. The database is part of a greater plan from Interim President Randy Boyd that also includes webcasting trustee and faculty senate meetings as well as the creation of a short-term board to serve as a Transparency Advisory Group.

Vandy Law Professor Appointed to Administrative Conference of the United States

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 12, 2018

Kevin M. Stack, professor at Vanderbilt Law School, has been appointed to a two-year term as a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States, an independent federal agency that advises the government on how to improve the administrative process. Stack is one of 40 public ACUS members selected from the private sector, each of whom are selected for their knowledge and experience of federal administrative procedure. Stack is an administrative law scholar whose recent work has examined the interpretation of regulations, rule making processes, statutory interpretation and theories of regulation.

Volunteers Needed for Legal Clinic in Nashville

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 12, 2018
Lipscomb University's final monthly legal clinic of the year at St. James Missionary Baptist Church, 600 28th Avenue North, will be held tomorrow, Dec. 18 at 5:30 p.m. Volunteers are needed. It will be an advice-only clinic with no expectation that you take on continuing representation. An informational packet that addresses common legal clinic questions will be provided. If you are interested, contact Randy Spivey.

Tennessee AG's Office Names New Chief Deputy

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 12, 2018
Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III announced Jonathan T. Skrmetti will join the attorney general’s office as the Chief Deputy in January. In his new role, Skrmetti will coordinate and oversee the substantive legal work of all five sections of the office. Skrmetti joins the office from Memphis where he has been a partner with Butler Snow LLP, an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.  In that role he investigated and prosecuted civil rights crimes and white-collar offenses.

CLE Ski Coming in February

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 12, 2018
Are you dreaming of a White Christmas? Well, maybe not in Tennessee. Then take a trip with the TBA, Feb. 2-7, to a snowy paradise just minutes from Lake Tahoe and earn 15 hours of CLE! This annual program is in its 34th year with dynamic speakers and a CLE schedule designed to make the most of your ski experience. Find out more now and be sure to book your hotel by Jan. 4 to get the special TBA discounted rate.

TBA Selects Attorneys for 2019 Leadership Law Class

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 12, 2018

35 Lawyers from Across the State Join 6-month Leadership Training Program

NASHVILLE, Dec. 12, 2018 -- The Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) announces that 35 attorneys from across the state have been selected for its 2019 Leadership Law program.

Court Solicits Comments on Recommended Amendments to Rules of Juvenile Procedure

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 11, 2018
The Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure has considered its annual amendments to the Rules of Juvenile Procedure and has sent its recommendations to the Tennessee Supreme Court, which is now soliciting written comments on them. The deadline for submitting written comments is Jan. 7. They can be sent by email or mail addressed to James Hivner, Clerk, Re: 2019 Rules Package-Juvenile Procedure, 100 Supreme Court Building, 401 7th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219-1407. Read proposed amendments to Rule 109, Orders for the Attachment of Children, Rule 201, Preliminary Inquiry and Informal Adjustment, Rule 202, Pretrial Diversion, and Rule 212 Probation or Home Placement Supervision Violation here.

ACLU Proposes Former S.C. Prosecutor to Monitor Memphis Police

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 11, 2018
The ACLU of Tennessee has proposed Bill Nettles, a former top federal prosecutor for South Carolina, to monitor the Memphis Police Department's compliance with court orders to stop surveillance of political activists, The Commercial Appeal reports. The opposing side in the lawsuit, the city of Memphis, had previously proposed as the monitor Ed Stanton III, a former top federal prosecutor for the western district of Tennessee. In a court filing, Nettles cited experience including leading a community relations group following an officer-involved shooting in North Charleston, South Carolina. U.S. District Judge Jon P. McCalla will now decide whether to appoint Nettles or Stanton as monitor.
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