The Supreme Court of Tennessee and the Board of Professional Responsibility (BPR) are seeking a qualified applicant to fill the position of Chief Disciplinary Counsel. To apply, send a cover letter with three references, writing sample and resume to Cindy Saladin at cindy.saladin@tncourts.gov. Deadline is Friday at 4:30 p.m. CST. Download the full announcement

A dozen Chattanooga police officers have sued the city over a compensation issue, alleging that some lower ranked officers are being paid more than their senior supervisors, the Times Free Press reports. The officers’ complaints are almost identical to a lawsuit filed in July by sergeants who also alleged age discrimination. The suits are having a significant impact on the city. Mayor Ron Littlefield recently told the city council that the legal action may result in delaying a $1.2 million pay increase planned this year for the police department.

The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law recently hired Holly Hazlett as its new director of development. She will handle fundraising, work with alumni and generally promote the school. Speaking to the Memphis Daily News, Hazlett also expressed interest in starting a health law program, along with other initiatives. “We have this great facility, and we had a great campaign for the move downtown, so my role will be stewarding those donors that contributed to the law school but also finding sources of funding for programs,” she stated. A graduate of the University of Dayton, Hazlett has lived in Memphis for eight years and previously served as director of development for the university's College of Arts and Sciences.

A three-judge panel of a U.S District Court ruled unanimously today that South Carolina's law requiring photo identification for voting does not discriminate against racial minorities. However, to avoid confusion during this year's election, the panel delayed implementation of the law until 2013. The Washington Post has more

The Tennessee Justice Center (TJC) has launched Raising the Bar, a fundraising campaign to connect Nashville-based legal service organizations with law firms throughout the state. The campaign is a pledge program that encourages firms to support the TJC through three-year donation commitments. Founding firms include: Bass, Berry & Sims; Bradley Arant Boult Cummings; Waller; Bone McAllester Norton; Burr & Forman; Harwell, Howard, Hyne, Gabbert & Manner; Sherrard & Roe; and Stites & Harbison. Read the full press release here

The Rutherford-Cannon County Bar Association will host a free legal advice clinic for the public tomorrow from 4-6 p.m. at Greenhouse Ministries, 309 South Spring St. in Murfreesboro. Contact Andrae Crismon for more information. The event is part of the month-long Celebrate Pro Month initiative. See a list of all events here

Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) will host its Pro Bono Attorney Hall of Fame reception and induction ceremony tomorrow in Chattanooga. The event begins at 5 p.m. at 535 Chestnut St., Ste. 369. For more information, contact Charlie McDaniel.

Tennessee state Rep. John Deberry, D-Memphis, is defending Department of Children’s Service (DCS) Commissioner Kate O’Day from the critical media scrutiny she has been under since the agency released a report showing 31 children died during the first six months of 2012. Although Gov. Bill Haslam reviewed the report and said he found no evidence that DCS acted inappropriately, the Memphis Daily News reports that critics are calling for O’Day to be replaced. Deberry, who has criticized DCS over the years, stated in a letter, "In my opinion, Commissioner O'Day should be given a reasonable amount of time to assimilate a plan of action that will combat these ongoing issues involving the children of Tennessee.”

As part of a national trend to reform the juvenile detention system, the Annie E. Casey Foundation of Baltimore is holding a two-day training workshop in Memphis for local law enforcement, school officials, nonprofit organizations and city workers, among others, the Commercial Appeal reports. The training was intended to find ways to decrease the disparate treatment of black youth in the juvenile system, and to replace lockup with counseling, mentoring and mental health services. 

Law schools, law professors and legal organizations across the country are actively supporting the University of Texas in its highly publicized affirmative action case, which went before the high court today. Of the 73 amicus briefs filed in the case, virtually all of the briefs from law schools and legal organizations defend affirmative action in higher education, reports Law.com. Though the case involves an undergraduate student, the law schools argue that banning consideration of race in admissions would hamstring efforts to boost diversity in their schools, and in the profession at large. One notable exception was a brief filed by UCLA law professor Richard Sander, who argues that affirmative action hurts minority students who are not prepared to meet the academic standards required at some universities.