Read about the lawyers who have recently been reinstated, disbarred, suspended, censured or transferred their licenses to disability inactive status.

Whether you are an in-house transactional generalist, a litigator focusing on business disputes or the junior associate who has been tasked with overseeing the firm’s transition to a new record management system, the odds are good that you will need to draft, negotiate or review a software contract during your career. Stroud Vaughn explains how close collaboration between the lawyer and an IT expert can help—along with several key steps in the legal analysis.

Check out our 2022 TBA Convention coverage from our annual meeting in June at the Downtown Nashville Hilton!

The Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition was March 25-26, with Montgomery Bell Academy of Nashville prevailing over Agathos Classical School of Columbia to become the 2022 state champion. Read more about that, as well as the TBA's newly elected vice president, Ed Lanquist, and the Journal's new editor, Julia Canada Wilburn.

The Tennessee Bar Association took top honors in three categories of bar communications during the National Association of Bar Executives Communications Section’s Virtual Workshop last fall. Read about the accolades as well as other news of interest to lawyers.

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The Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program (TLAP) has created a new entity that loans money for treatment. The foundation’s support services include temporary financial assistance to program clients requiring treatment, augmentation of program services for clients, special events for client support and public awareness, and enhancement of the program’s access to national resources such as the American Bar Association’s Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and other wellness programs.  

About 50 people ­— including several state and local officials, history buffs, lawyers and women’s rights advocates — gathered to honor Banks Turner in Gibson County in June. Turner was a state representative who in 1920 was instrumental in securing passage of the ratification resolution in the state House of Representatives for women’s right to vote. Read more about this event and other legal happenings across the state.

Tennessee Bar Association members who have died recently are memorialized.

Like last year’s virtual convention, this year’s hybrid convention, held June 14-19, was another exercise in creativity. The TBA juggled its first in-person event in over a year while also offering a virtual component as COVID-19 restrictions began to ease. The annual event was spread out over six days — four days of that in person — with programming including the Lawyers Luncheon, continuing legal education, meetings of the House of Delegates, Board of Governors, Sections, Committees, Leadership Law (TBALL), Law School Alumni mixers, Young Lawyers Division and more.