Jimmy Carter, 39th President, Nobel Peace Prize winner and international humanitarian, will be in Nashville July 23 to sign copies of his book “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety.” The event will be held at the Nashville Public Library at 4:30 p.m. To join the signing line, you must purchase a copy of the book from Parnassus Books, either in-store or at the event. Nashville Downtown Partnership has more.

Law school may becoming popular again, if the number of people taking the Law School Admission Test is any indication, the ABA Journal reports. The number of LSAT test takers increased 6.6 percent over June of last year and the total number of first time test takers jumped even more — by 10.9 percent over the prior June.

The federal government has launched an investigation into sexual violence at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, the Tennessean reports. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights confirmed it launched an investigation on June 29. In an emailed communication to faculty, staff and students, UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said the university had been notified that an individual had filed a complaint with the federal government regarding the university’s response to a report of sexual violence.

This week's escape of a prisoner from the Bedford County courthouse points to a continuing security problem that must be addressed, the Times-Gazette reports. A repeat offender due for sentencing on drugs and weapon charges slipped through the fingers of sheriff's deputies while being transported to the jail, located only a block away. Courthouse officials are discussing ways to improve security, although they are hampered by the design of the courthouse, which was built in the mid-1930s.

The Nashville Veteran’s Court held a graduation ceremony for four men who have just completed its rehab program. Across the country, judges and law enforcement are wrestling with how to help battle-scarred veterans adjust back to civilian life after Iraq and Afghanistan. One solution: special Veterans Courts that work specifically with ex-troops. Since 2008, about 150 Veterans Courts have been set up nationwide. Nashville Public Radio profiles one soldier's decades-long journey to recovery.

When business disputes cannot be resolved by negotiation or arbitration, the parties involved often turn to litigation. To better serve the litigation needs of Tennessee businesses, the Tennessee Supreme Court recently joined 26 other states in creating Tennessee’s first Business Court to focus exclusively on such difficult and complex business litigation. Attorney Matthew M. Lubozynski of Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs talks about further benefits of the court in the Memphis Daily News.

State Rep. Rick Womick is calling for impeachment of Gov. Bill Haslam for accepting the gay-marriage ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court and of the five justices for making the decision. "I am looking at impeachment proceedings," the Republican lawmaker from Rutherford County said during a Tuesday phone interview with the Tennessean. Womick contends that Haslam should enforce the Tennessee Constitution and the amendment approved by voters in a referendum that bans gay marriage because the U.S. Supreme Court has no authority to rule on marriage.

Clarksville attorney Sharon Massey Grimes uses only “Sharon Massey” in her application for a new Circuit Court judgeship and when she brings cases before her husband, General Sessions Judge Ray Grimes, but uses her married name as chairwoman of the Montgomery County Republican Party and as chairwoman of the Clarksville Academy Board of Directors causing some to question her actions before the local court. The Leaf-Chronicle reviewed the candidates’ applications and subsequently found that since 2008, Massey has brought cases for at least 85 clients before Judge Grimes, her husband. She and Grimes said that she never tried a case in front of him; instead, all of the 85 cases were settlements or plea bargains that were reached outside of court, and Massey brought them to her husband to sign off on, a formality of the process.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be in the audience on Saturday for the premiere of "Scalia/Ginsburg," the opera based on her ideological differences and friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia, the ABA Journal reports. Scalia is in Rome and won’t be able to attend the opera by Derrick Wang, Ginsburg tells the Washington Post in an interview. The opera uses words from the justices’ opinions and sets them to music.

A federal judge says he is pulling the plug on his blog, but the reason isn’t due to the controversy over his blog post last week declaring Ted Cruz to be unfit for the presidency. U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf said his decision to end his Hercules and the Umpire blog was made after learning that employees of his federal court felt the blog had become an embarrassment. The ABA Journal has the story.