The University of Memphis School of Law Mental Health Law and Policy Journal wiil host a Lawyers as Problem Solvers and Mental Health Symposium on Thursday and Friday.

The Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division will host a CLE, happy hour and fundraiser from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave #909.

A free legal clinic will take place tomorrow and every Thursday at Greenhouse Ministries during Celebrate Pro Bono Month, hosted by the Rutherford-Cannon County Bar Association. The Clinic is open to all members of the public regarding as many legal areas as the lawyers present have the expertise to share. The event is located at 309 South Spring St, Murfreesboro from 4-6 p.m. Contact Andrae Crismon for details.

Legal Aid of East Tennessee will host a Seniors Education and Outreach Program ay the McMinn Count Senior Center Thursday at noon. The event will take place at 205 McMinn Ave. in Athens. Contact Charlie McDaniel for more information. Click here to view a full list of Celebrate Pro Bono Month events.

Three companies involved in an e-book pricing lawsuit have settled and agreed to fund a $69 million pool to pay 30 cents to $1.32 per book credit to consumers who bought qualifying e-books between April 1, 2010, and May 21, 2012. Apple, Mcmillan, and Penguin opted not to settle and will go to trial next June in the suit filed in April by the Department of Justice,  WCYB News reports.

Five amendments to the Metro Nashville Charter will be presented to voters on this fall’s ballot, the Tennessean reports. One of the most substantial amendments would clarify the Davidson County sheriff’s role, estimated by Metro to save the county about $4 million year. The other questions before voters include allowing government employees to work as part-time poll workers; reducing the educational requirements for metro Public Works director; renaming the school crossing guard division; and clarifying the Metro stormwater functions.

The Justice Department is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a Republican-led House committee that demands Attorney General Eric Holder release records about Fast and Furious -- a failed law enforcement operation in which agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives tracked illegal weapons to high-level arms traffickers in the hopes of dismantling their networks. Of the 2,000 illegally purchased guns federal agents identified, they lost track of about 1,400.  Holder is being held in contempt by the House for refusing to turn over records that explain why the department initially denied utilizing the controversial tactic. WATE.com has the story.

After a racially tinged battle over the rightful successor to Chief Justice Catherine Kimball, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled in favor of Bernadette Johnson, making her the first African American Chief Justice in the state News Channel 5 reports. Justice Jeffrey Victory contested that Johnson’s years of appointed service shouldn’t count and he should succeed Kimball. Johnson filed suit in federal court in July after her colleagues said they would debate the matter. The court ultimately ruled that Johnson’s appointed service was legitimate according to the constitution and that she was the rightful successor.

Blount County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Doug Moore will stand trial in a wrongful death lawsuit in the 2008 shooting death of Leeroy Hickman Jr. and an alleged cover-up, Knoxnews reports. The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals supported an earlier ruling by U.S District Judge Tom Varlan who opined there were too many questions left unanswered not to bring the case before a jury. A date has not been set. 

The University of Tennessee Knoxville chapter of Amnesty International will host Robert D. Bullard, the “father of environmental justice,” Knoxnews reports. One of the nations top scholars on environment justice, racism, and corporate accountability, Bullard will speak tonight at 7 p.m in the University Center Auditoirium. It is free and open to the public.