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Write for the Tennessee Bar Journal!

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Mar 24, 2020

The Tennessee Bar Journal is seeking articles for review, and is especially interested in submissions from members of the TBA Young Lawyers Division. Let’s represent! Get more information on what the Editorial Board is looking for and details on how to submit an article.

Knoxville Bar Association YLD

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Mar 24, 2020

Join the Knoxville Barristers on Thursday, April 23, from 12 - 1 p.m. for “Unwritten Local Rules,” a live webinar to take place via Zoom, featuring Barrister T. Mitchell Panter and Sasha Combs, for insights to help you practice in local courts. Please click here to register or for more information.

Veterans Legal Advice Clinic - Mark your calendars to volunteer at the upcoming Veterans Legal Advice Clinics on Wednesday, June 10, and Wednesday, July 8! The Veterans Legal Advice Clinic is a general advice and referral clinic serving veterans in our community.  Volunteers are needed between 12- 2 p.m.  The clinic takes place at the Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office, located at 1101 Liberty St., Knoxville, TN 37919. Please sign up online.

Please note that  the Veterans Legal Advice Clinics scheduled for Wednesday, May 13 has been canceled.

Volunteer Breakfast Needs Sponsors & Volunteers — Please sponsor and/or volunteer for the upcoming volunteer breakfast events, scheduled for Thursday, May 28, and Thursday, June 25! The Volunteer Breakfast is at 6:15 a.m. and provides and serves breakfast at the Volunteer Ministry Center, located at 511 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917.  To sponsor a Volunteer Breakfast the with a simple a monetary donation of $150 to supply groceries, complete the Volunteer Breakfast Sponsorship Form.  If you are interested in volunteering yourself, a group, or firm, please fill out the Volunteer Sign Up Form. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Matt Knable or Mitchell Panter for more information.

Law & Liberty Award — The Barristers are seeking nominations for the Law & Liberty Award. The deadline has been extended to May 29. The recipient should be visible to the legal profession and the local bar association, but nominees do not have to be attorneys to qualify for the Law and Liberty Award. Review the criteria here. Please contact Zack Walden or Mikel Towe with nominations or if you have any questions.

Monthly Barristers Meeting - Join us Wednesday, May 13, and Wednesday, June 10, for our upcoming Barristers meetings! Barristers meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month, with a social time starting at 5 p.m., and the meeting to begin promptly at 5:15 p.m., at the Bistro at the Bijou, located at 807 S Gay St.

The following Knoxville Barristers events have been postponed, and will be rescheduled for a later date:

• The Athletics Committee’s KICK AXE - Axe Throwing Tournament originally scheduled for Thursday, April 16, has been postponed.  Please check the Knoxville Bar Association website for updates regarding the new date.

• The Professional Clothing Drive originally scheduled for April 6 to 20 has been postponed; however, the new dates will be available on the KBA website.  Please contact the committee co-chair Meagan Collver with questions or to learn more about how you can help.

Memphis Bar Association YLD

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Mar 24, 2020

The 2020 Bench Bar Conference scheduled for April 16-18 in Destin, Florida, has been postponed until a date to be determined due to COVID-19.  We will keep everyone posted for the rescheduling. If there’s anything that the MBA YLD can help you with during this time of uncertainty, please reach out to MBA YLD President Sarah Pazar Williams.

 

COVID-19: TBA Programming and Events

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Mar 24, 2020

We hope everyone is well during these uncertain times.  We regretfully canceled this year’s Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Championships, following the lead from other states and the national competition board. We have also canceled all in-person conferences and continuing legal education programs through mid-May. 

Effective March 17, the TBA offices at 221 Fourth Avenue North in Nashville closed, and this closure will remain in effect at least through March 31. All staff will work virtually and will be available through their direct work numbers or through TBA’s main number (615) 383-7421 . They will remain available to assist you, although there may be some delays depending on the nature of the requested assistance. 

Please follow TBA’s coverage of updates related to COVID-19 and its effect on our legal system through TBA’s Pandemic Resource Center. Here you can find updated information including the most recent Supreme Court Orders temporarily suspending in-person judicial proceedings and waiving in-person CLE requirements. This site also provides updates on relevant legal community cancelations and postponements across the state. If you have information that you'd like to have added to these pages, please email tbatoday@tnbar.org.

The most recent updates about specific TBA events are available here.

 

Podcast Picks with Audrey Calkins

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Mar 24, 2020
 
Working from home? Attorney Audrey Calkins, an Associate at the Memphis office of Ogletree Deakins, shares some of her favorite podcasts.
 
Daily Picks
 
• Up First by NPR.  I listen to Up First every morning while I eat breakfast and drink my coffee.  Up First gets my date started with 15 minutes of news, usually 3-5-minute stories on various topics.
 
• Marketplace Morning Report. After I finish Up First, I listen to Marketplace Morning Report, for obvious reasons right now, for a 10 minute debrief of economic news.
 
Road Trip Picks
 
• RadioLab.  This podcast is a great production and gives in-depth dives into disparate topics like where and how freshwater eels reproduce (nobody knows!), and whether more humans are alive now than have ever died in history (or vice versa), the history of square dancing, and who can run 50 miles faster: a horse or a person. Episodes are about 30-60 minutes.
 
• Ask Me Another. Puzzles, wordgames, and trivia!  Need I say more?  Episodes are about 1 hour and very mentally engaging.
 
To listen to while I clean
 
• LeVar Burton Reads. Yes, that LeVar Burton aka Mr. Reading Rainbow and Star Trek. He reads 30-60-minute short fiction stories (I mostly listen to the sci fi/dystopian future ones), and he starts every episode by asking the listeners to take a deep breath along with him, which is a great reminder right now.
 
To relax and stretch
 
• The Open Ears Project. Each episode of this 30 podcast series features one piece of classical music curated by Clemency Burton-Hill, who wrote Year of Wonder (one piece of classical music a day for a calendar year).

 

Knoxville Bar Association YLD

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Mar 10, 2020

Barristers March Madness Social Hour - Come out and have a drink or catch a game with friends and colleagues on March 26 at Hops and Hollers, 937 N Central Street, Knoxville, TN 38917.  This is a great opportunity to network, meet new faces and get involved. RSVP on the KBA website.

Veterans' Monthly Legal Advice Clinic – Please donate a couple of hours of your time to assist area service members and military families on April 8 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office.  The monthly clinic is a joint project of the Knoxville Barristers, KBA/Barristers Access to Justice Committees, Legal Aid of East Tennessee, Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office, the University of Tennessee College of Law, Lincoln Memorial University- Duncan School of Law and the local VA office.
  
Knoxville Barristers Hunger & Poverty Relief Committee – The committee is collecting professional clothing donations between April 6-20. Women's clothing will be donated to the YWCA, Connect Ministries Career Closet and LMU Law Career Services’ Career Closet.  Men's clothing will be donated to Knox Area Rescue Ministries (KARM) and LMU Law Career Services Career Closet.  For more information please contact Charles Sharrett or Meagan Collver.

Volunteer Breakfast Needs Sponsors & Volunteers – 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 needs volunteers to serve food or sponsor. The cost is $150 for sponsoring. Four to five volunteers are needed. For those unable to fund the breakfast, the Barristers will subsidize the cost. Please sign up online or contact Matt Knable or Mitchell Panter for more information.

Law & Liberty Award – The Barristers are seeking nominations for their Law & Liberty Award. The deadline for submissions is April 10. The recipient should be visible to the legal profession and the local bar association, but nominees do not have to be attorneys to qualify. Review the criteria. Please contact Zack Walden or Mikel Towe with nominations or if you have any questions.

Scenes from Chattanooga Bar Association YLD’s February Social

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Mar 10, 2020

Thanks to all who came out to the Chattanooga Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (CBA YLD) last social and volunteered at the local mock trial competition! The group reports it had a great time at Paloma Bar de Tapas.  The CBA YLD also wants to express a special THANK YOU to their mock trial competition co-sponsors: the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and FindLaw.com.  The group will meet next on Thursday at the NEW Dave and Buster's VIP Grand Opening. They advise checking your email for the RSVP link!

 

10 Days Until 40th Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Mar 10, 2020
WE ARE TEN-DAYS OUT from the 40th Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition!  All of your questions about this mysterious chicken will finally be answered!  
 
HOW TO GET INVOLVED:  
 
• Volunteer as a Judge, Scorer or Bailiff:  Sitting judges, attorneys, law students, paralegals and bailiffs are needed to volunteer for the competition. Sign up here. If you have any additional questions about volunteering, please email Stephanie Vonnahme, YLD and Public Education Coordinator. 
 
• Donate $40 for 40:  For 40 years, we have been able to subsidize the cost of attending the state mock trial competition for lower-income or rural schools.  With a donation of $40, we can continue the legacy of high school mock trial in Tennessee for another 40 plus years. You can donate on the online payment portal or make your checks payable to Tennessee Bar Association.

 

Tornado Relief Resources Are Now Available

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Mar 10, 2020

Whether you have been affected by the tornado or are trying to find ways to volunteer, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands has resources for you. 

Find resources for yourself or a family you know
Find resources for attorneys
Take a case pro-bono
Find a free legal clinic near you

Starting today, individuals needing assistance also can call 1-844-HELP4TN for legal help. To apply for legal assistance, please call the Legal Aid Society at 1-800-238-1443 or visit www.las.org for more information.

Attorneys who are interested in helping handle disaster-related legal questions are asked to register online here. 

 

2020-2021 Election Results

Posted by: Stephanie Vonnahme on Feb 26, 2020

Here are the election results for the 2020-2021 bar year. We have no contested elections this year and a few spots to fill by appointment. If you are interested in any of the positions, please contact YLD Secretary John Wilks.

• Vice President — Brittany Faith, 2022-2023 YLD President! Congratulations, Brittany.

• Treasurer — Justin Faith

• Secretary — Appointment necessary

• East Tennessee Governor — Alex McVeagh

• Middle Tennessee Governor — Nina Kumar

• West Tennessee Governor — Appointment necessary 

District Representatives

2 — Amanda Howard

4 — Matthew Knable

6 — Amber Vargas

8 — Tiffany Hagar

10 — Appointment necessary

12 — Fredrick Culver

14 — Appointment necessary

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