Here are some podcasts picks from Attorney Meagan Collver.

1.    Dateline: Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. 

2.    The Drop Out:  Money. Romance. Tragedy. Deception. The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. Rebecca Jarvis, along with producers Taylor Dunn and Victoria Thompson, take listeners on a journey that includes a three-year-long investigation.

The Young Lawyers Division of the Tennessee Bar Association has openings to fill on the 2021-2022 Board. If you are interested in being considered for a position, please familiarize yourself with the available appointments and then complete the online application by Feb. 28. For more details, please contact YLD President-elect Billy Leslie with any questions.

The Tennessee High School Mock Trial Grand Division competitions took place last weekend, led by the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Here are the RESULTS!

Winning the Grand Division titles were:

Eastern: CSTHEA 1
Middle: Montgomery Bell Academy 1
Western: St. Mary’s Episcopal 2

 In addition to these first place teams, the following schools will advance to the state competition in March: Brentwood High School 1, Girls Preparatory School 1, Girls Preparatory School 2, Montgomery Bell Academy 4 and St. Mary’s Episcopal School 1. Finally, Christian Brothers High School 1 of Memphis received the Team Sportsmanship award for its members' willingness to help opposing teams experiencing technical difficulties and for their kind words to competitors.

CONGRATULATIONS to these teams and to ALL teams who participated, plus a huge THANK YOU to all our incredible volunteers! Here are Mock Trial Co-Chairs Zack Walden and Kati Sanford Goodner on the division winners and also winners of the individual awards. 

Save the Date — The State Championship will take place March 19-21. 

The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands (LAS) will hold three phone clinics this week for members of the public with questions about housing and renters’ rights, bankruptcy, medical bills, debt collection, domestic violence, SNAP benefits and unemployment benefits. Clinics are tomorrow from 3 to 4 p.m., Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Saturday from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. All times central.  LAS is looking for attorney volunteers to help answer legal questions during these times. To volunteer contact Andrae Crismon or Kendra Cheek or call 615-780-7131. See the list of all clinics in February. 

Veterans Legal Advice Clinic - Please mark your calendars to volunteer at the upcoming Veterans Legal Advice Clinic tomorrow. The Veterans Legal Advice Clinic is a general advice and referral clinic which serves between 20 and 30 veterans in the community with a wide variety of legal issues each month. Volunteers are needed between noon and 2 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month. Clinics take place at the Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office, located at 1101 Liberty St., Knoxville 37919. Please sign up online.

Volunteer Breakfast Needs Sponsors & Volunteers - The Volunteer Breakfast is a recurring event on the fourth Thursday of each month at 6:15 a.m. at the Volunteer Ministry Center, 511 N. Broadway, Knoxville 37917. The cost is $150 to sponsor the breakfast. Sponsorship is simply a monetary donation to supply the groceries for the breakfast.  Please complete the Volunteer Breakfast Sponsorship Form if you are interested in sponsoring an upcoming breakfast, or you are interested in volunteering yourself, a group or firm to participate. If you have any question or concerns, please contact committee co-chairs Mitchell Panter at (865) 546-4646 or Matt Knable at (865) 360-5044.

This year’s LawTech CLE will be offered virtually in February with sessions at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. CST each day. On Feb. 12, the morning session will focus on technology used in elections while the afternoon session will feature the not-to-miss Bill & Phil Show. The series wraps up on Feb. 19 with a morning session featuring civil court judges discussing how technology is being used in their courtrooms, and an afternoon session on using technology in remote depositions and trials.

WHILE WE’RE AT HOME ...

Here are some podcasts picks from Knoxville attorney Amanda Tonkin:

1.    Black Box Down: A Rooster Teeth production, this podcast features two podcasters who happen to be aviation enthusiasts. Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais tell the stories of some of the world’s biggest true crimes - they just happen to have taken place in the air. This is a great choice for someone who is interested in true crime, but wants something not on land and outside the norm. 

2.    I Saw What You Did is an Exactly Right production. The podcast features two film expert/enthusiast podcasters, Millie De Chirico and Danielle Henderson, who break down a double feature of their favorite films — with a joint theme — each week. Watch the movies each week and get ready for new and interesting perspective. Anything’s a go with these two; from 1970s to today, there’s always a theme tying it all together. 

3.    Rabbit Hole:  Join New York Times journalist Kevin Roose as he goes down the rabbit hole, investigating the role of the internet in modern society, events, and crimes. An eight-part series, you’ll find yourself binge listening as you fall deeper and deeper down this, well, rabbit hole. 

Feb. 24 will mark the 40th Anniversary of LAW's founding. LAW has many events and activities planned during the month to celebrate this historic achievement.

On Feb. 11 through the 25, LAW will host Parts Three and Four of its four-part "Networking at Noon" series. These small group networking sessions are designed to help members get the most out of networking and and improve their leadership performance by building relationships and strengthening alliances. Blake Howell of Legility will host Part Three on Feb. 11, focusing on the question of "Why did you become a lawyer/go to law school?" Part Four on Feb. 25 will discuss, "What is the best advice you have received that has shaped/impacted your career?" Katie Bennett of Legility will lead that session. 

LAW will also host a morning check-in on Feb. 10, a monthly member meeting on Feb. 16, and the quarterly Lean-In Circle. Be sure to check their website for more information on these events!

The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands (LAS) will conduct three phone clinics this week for members of the public with questions about housing and renters’ rights, bankruptcy, medical bills, debt collection, domestic violence, SNAP benefits and unemployment benefits. Clinics are tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. CST, Thursday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. CST, and Saturday from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. CST. LAS is looking for attorney volunteers to help answer legal questions during these clinics. To volunteer for a clinic, contact Andrae Crismon or Kendra Cheek or call 615-780-7131. See the list of clinics for all of February. 

The Lawyers' Association for Women Marion Griffin Chapter will hold its New Admittee Breakfast tomorrow from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. CST.  For more than 40 years, the group has honored all new admittees to the Tennessee bar at a breakfast prior to the fall swearing-in ceremony in Nashville. The breakfast was moved to January when the Tennessee Supreme Court rescheduled the swearing-in ceremony for January. This year, the event will be held virtually to honor the class of 2020, which has faced challenges like no other in 100 years. The keynote speaker will be Davidson County Juvenile Court Judge Sheila Calloway.