Veterans' Monthly Legal Advice Clinic – March 11, Noon - 2p.m., Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office: Please donate a couple of hours of your time to assist area service members and military families. 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.

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 need volunteers to serve food or sponsor. The cost is $150 for sponsoring, and we need 4-5 volunteers. If you are unable to fund the breakfast, the Barristers will subsidize the cost of the breakfast. Please sign up online or contact Matt Knable or Mitchell Panter for more information.

Volunteers are needed for this Saturday’s District 11 (Williamson County) mock trial competition.  Please recruit your friends and colleagues to judge a round.  If you would like more information on volunteering, please contact former YLD President, David Veile.

Come enjoy drinks and tapas with the CBA YLD this Thursday, Feb. 27, at Paloma Bar de Tapas, 805 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.  For more information, join the Facebook event.  

Our very own Terica Smith was honored by the Jackson-Madison County African American Chamber of Commerce as a Gem of the Future at the 19th Annual JEWEL Awards.  Terica was recognized for her contributions to the Jackson-Madison County community through effective leadership and guidance.  

We have all greatly benefitted from Terica’s leadership on the TBA YLD Board of Governors. Terica, who works in the Office of the District Attorney General, is a 2006 graduate of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and a member of the TBA’s Leadership Law class of 2013. 

Congrats Terica!

Troy Weston, Allyson Lumpkin, Kortney Simmons-Listenbee and Brittany Faith represented the TBA YLD at the 2020 ABA YLD Midyear Assembly in Austin on Feb. 15.  Our Tennessee delegates reviewed and voted on 11 resolutions in the YLD Assembly.

Have you heard!? We have a new podcast!

In episode two of the TBA YLD Presents: War Stories podcast, Knoxville attorney Ursula Bailey reflects on her 20-year legal career, the uniqueness of her clients and what it’s been like to practice law in east Tennessee as a black woman.  Don’t miss the second episode of the War Stories podcast to hear all about Ursula and other inspirational stories from her years of practice.  Available anywhere you listen to podcasts.

February Barristers Monthly Meeting - Feb. 12 social time starting at 5 p.m., meeting to begin at 5:15 p.m. at the Bistro at the Bijou, 807 S Gay Street, Knoxville.

February Veterans' Legal Advice Clinic - Feb. 12, 12 to 2 p.m., Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office: Please donate a couple of hours of your time to assist area service members and military families. 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.

Volunteer Breakfast Needs Sponsors & Volunteers - The Barristers Volunteer Breakfast is a recurring event on the 4th 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, and we need 4-5 volunteers. If you are unable to fund the breakfast, the Barristers will subsidize the cost of the breakfast. Please sign up online or contact Matt Knable or Mitchell Panter for more information.

Volunteers Needed for Regional Mock Trial Competition - The KBA Regional Mock Trial Competition will take place Feb. 21 to 23.  Please contact Erica Green to volunteer.  

TBA YLD District 5 Rep Logan Threadgill shares two of his favorite podcasts.

The Joe Rogan Experience – The Joe Rogan Experience is an audio and video podcast hosted by American comedian, actor, sports commentator, martial artist, and television host Joe Rogan.  The podcast discusses a wide array of topics and includes a wide array of guests from a chat with former NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman to a talk with Zach Bitter, an endurance athlete who recently broke two world records in running, including running 100 miles in under 12 hours.

The Tim Ferris Show – Tim Ferris is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-hour Workweek. In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.) to extract the tactics, tools, and routines you can use.

The Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division elections for the 2020–2021 bar year will take place between March 1 and April 1. Nominating petitions are due on February 15 to Secretary John Wilks at jwilks@mhpslaw.com.
 
Nominations for officer positions shall be made by written petition signed by 25 or more members of the Tennessee Bar Association.  Nominations for all other elected positions shall be made by written petition, specifying the name of the candidate and the position sought and signed by the candidate.

Elections will be held for Vice President (Eastern Division), Secretary, Treasurer, East Tennessee Governor, Middle Tennessee Governor, and West Tennessee Governor.  Additionally, district representatives for even-numbered districts will be elected for two-year terms.  For more information, go to the YLD Election Guidelines webpage.

The District 11 Mock Trial competition in Williamson County will be held on Feb. 29. They are in desperate need of volunteers. If you would like to volunteer to judge a round, please contact David Veile.