Domestic abuse advocates are concerned about a bill they say could take funds away from domestic violence shelters and outreach centers, the Tullahoma News reports. House Bill 1302 would direct money from domestic assault fines to pay for global positioning (GPS) monitoring for indigent domestic abuse and stalking defendants. Tennessee’s 32 domestic violence shelters are already funded on a “shoestring” budget and the concept of GPS monitoring of defendants is flawed, said Kathy Walsh, executive director of the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence.

A resolution for an amendment to the Tennessee constitution calling for popular election of the attorney general instead of the current process where the AG is picked by the Supreme Court yesterday passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Tennessean has more.

Fifty-one students from the University of Tennessee College of Law will work on 12 volunteer projects during this year’s spring break, providing pro bono legal services to the community in Knoxville and other nearby cities. Through the UT Pro Bono program, students apply skills learned in the classroom to serve clients whose needs would not otherwise be met. TN Today has the story.

The Administrative Office of the Courts is accepting applications for two grants: the parent education and mediation fund and the victim/offender reconciliation program. The deadline for both grants is April 10.

The Shelby County Juvenile Court is seeking money for more beds at Porter-Leath, a nonprofit organization that accommodates kids who can't go home but shouldn’t be detained. The bed shortage often finds kids locked in detention with some of the county’s worst juvenile offenders. In its fiscal 2015 budget request to the County Commission, court CAO and chief counsel Larry Scroggs said the court needs an additional $140,000 for alternative beds. The Commercial Appeal has more.

The Memphis Daily News interviews Lucian T. Pera, the new Vice President-elect of the Tennessee Bar Association. Pera, who is a partner in the Memphis office of Adams and Reese LLP, will lead the TBA as president in 2017-2018. When asked about his goals in his new position, Pera said he wants to “help make the Tennessee Bar Association even more relevant to, and useful for, Tennessee lawyers in an era of tremendous change in the business of law.”

Bass Berry and Sims breaks down the numbers on health care fraud in its annual report, the Nashville Business Journal reports. The federal government in recent years has stepped up enforcement of the False Claims Act, its primary tool for curbing fraud against the government, resulting in $5 billion being recovered by the government in 2014. Of that amount, $2.3 billion involved claims against federal health care programs. View the full report.

Utah lawmakers voted to bring back executions by firing squad if there is a shortage of lethal injection execution drugs. The vote is the most dramatic illustration yet of the nationwide frustration over botched executions and shortages of the drugs used in lethal injections. The Citizen Tribune has more from the Associated Press.

Tennessee lawmakers yesterday approved every gun-related legislation that went to a vote, the Tennessean reports. Approved bills included measures to allow guns in parks, guns in trunks of cars parked at schools or universities, guns at property used by but not owned by schools and targets that explode. The guns in parks proposal is one of 11 bills flagged by Gov. Bill Haslam as legislation he does not support.

President Barack Obama yesterday announced a medley of modest steps to bring some order to a notoriously chaotic student loan system. Obama unveiled his "student aid bill of rights" before a gymnasium packed with nearly 10,000 students at Georgia Tech, where he said the nation must mobilize to bring about deeper changes to student loans. Ahead of his visit, Obama signed a presidential memorandum with policy tweaks that don't require new legislation from Congress targeting third parties like Navient — formerly Sallie Mae — that contract with the government to collect on loans. WSMV has more from the Associated Press.