New features on the TBA CLE website now allow you to add courses to your work calendar and share programs via social media such as Facebook, Google+, Linkedin and Twitter. Try out the new features when registering for the Ethics Roadshow in Nashville on Dec. 4. Can’t make it to Nashville? See all seven locations for this year’s Ethics Roadshow.

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann and Democratic challenger Mary Headrick met for a one-on-one debate just a week before the Nov. 4 election. The two are battling for the 3rd Congressional District seat, which Fleischmann has held for the last two terms. The candidates tackled issues ranging from sending U.S. troops to fight ISIS, health care reform, abortion law and veterans’ affairs. The Chattanooga Times Free Press has more.

In the wake of several orders Monday on motions involving two of the four ex-Vanderbilt football players charged with rape, the defense team has hinted it might ask Judge Monte Watkins to recuse himself, WKRN reports. In one of the motions, Judge Watkins denied a request from Brandon Vandenburg's defense team to bar testimony from the alleged victim because she heard live video streaming of an earlier hearing. Defense attorneys for both Vandenburg and co-defendant Corey Batey said they did not know of the arrangement, which allowed the victim – who is also a witness – to hear the proceedings from a secure location. Vandenburg's lawyer John Herbison told News 2 that he has “concerns about the judge admitting receiving communication not disclosed to both sides.”

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has joined with the law firm of Baker Donelson to form The Daschle Group, a new public policy advisory group, the firm announced today. “Launching The Daschle Group in affiliation with Baker Donelson gives us the opportunity to provide first-class strategic counsel with the support of one of our nation’s leading law firms,” Daschle said. The group will be located in Baker Donelson’s D.C. offices. The Nashville Post has more.

A number of news publications from across the state recently endorsed Amendment 2. Read editorials in support of the amendment from the Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Paris Post Intelligencer and Bristol Herald Courier.

The Tennessee Justice Center is hosting free trainings for attorneys on how to represent Tennesseans waiting more than 45 days to get TennCare and how to navigate the hearing process. The first session will take place in Memphis tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. at the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. A second session will be held Nov. 5 at the Tennessee Justice Center in Nashville at 11:30 a.m. For more information, contact Emily Jones at ejones@tnjustice.org.

A joint survey from the National Association of Law Placement and the American Bar Foundation has found that the legal profession is still struggling to bridge hiring and income inequality based on race and gender, according The National Law Journal. Among its finding, the study showed that gender gap in the earning power of lawyers increases with longevity in the profession. The income disparity between women and men was five percent after two or three years of practicing law but expanded to 15 percent after seven years and 20 percent after 12 years. The study also found that the majority of the pay gap occurs in the private sector. In the public sector, by contrast, women earned 96 to 98 percent of what men earned for the same job. The survey also looked at ethnic and racial differences in hiring, finding that private firms employ 50 percent of all white lawyers, 46 percent of all Hispanic lawyers, 39 percent of all Asian lawyers and 35 percent of all African-American lawyers.

Grammy Award-winning country music producer Kyle Lehning will receive the Bob Sullivan Service Award from Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands for his long-standing commitment to connecting Music Row with Legal Aid. The award will be presented during the fifth annual Bob Sullivan Memorial Breakfast this Wednesday, starting at 7:45 a.m. at Cabana, 1910 Belcourt Ave. in Nashville. To attend, RSVP to Meredith Yates.

The pace for early voting in the November general election is ahead of early voting during the August primary, Knoxnews reports. Through Thursday, 22,271 people in Knox County had cast ballots in early voting, and another 1,438 had sent in absentee ballots. Knox County Election Administrator Clifford Rodgers attributes good weather and an unusually high number of state constitutional amendments on the ballot to the high turnout.

Former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement, who argued many notable cases in front of the Supreme Court, spoke Friday to law students at the University of Tennessee. Clement talked about the challenges faced during his legal career and admitted that regardless of experience he "absolutely" gets nervous every time he goes before the Supreme Court. But nerves, he said, keep him from becoming complacent and force him to continue preparing right up until the day he appears before the justices. Wayne Dillingham, a 1983 graduate of the College of Law and former lawyer for the FBI, who also was at the lecture, said he hopes students came away with a more human perspective of what it is like to practice law at the highest level. The UT Daily Beacon has more.