UT Law Dean: Already Feels Like Home

Knoxville already feels like home, new University of Tennessee College of Law Dean Melanie D. Wilson says in a welcome video. Earlier this month Wilson took over leadership of the law school from former dean Doug Blaze who stepped down to return to teaching full-time and to serve as director of the college’s new Institute for Professional Leadership, which he co-founded.

Judicial Conduct Rule Changes Proposed

Proposals put out for comment today by the Tennessee Supreme Court include changes to Judicial Conduct Rules regarding treatment of campaign contributions in the context of disqualification matters, permitting political party donations by judges, changing the standards of conduct by court personnel and use of court premises, rewriting the provisions on affiliation with discriminatory

JUDICIAL CONDUCT RULE CHANGES PROPOSED

Proposals put out for comment June 15 by the Tennessee Supreme Court include

Nashville lawyer Bill Harbison became the Tennessee Bar Association's president June 19 when Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Bivins administered the oath of office to him at the Lawyers Luncheon during the TBA's 134th annual convention in Memphis. Knoxville lawyer Jason Long is president-elect, Memphis lawyer Lucian Pera is vice president and Jackson lawyer Jonathan Steen is immediate past president.

TBA committees and sections leadership for 2015-16 include:

National pro bono tool to be based on tennessee model

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service is implementing a national interactive pro bono website based on Tennessee’s OnlineTNJustice. The decision came at a May meeting in Austin, Texas.

National Pro Bono Tool to be Based on OnlineTNJustice

The ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service is implementing a national interactive pro bono website based on Tennessee’s OnlineTNJustice. The decision came at a meeting late last week in Austin. Former TBA President and Baker Donelson lawyer George T.

Springfield lawyer John Holt with the Law Offices of Holt & Kroeger has been declared the winner of a contested race for the Tennessee Bar Association House of Delegates (HOD) District 19. Vacancies in five other districts will be filled by appointment: District 7 (Anderson County), District 9 (Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, Roane counties), District 11 (Hamilton County), District 18 (Sumner County) and District 23 (Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart counties).

Holt Wins HOD Seat, Vacancies Announced

Springfield lawyer John Holt with the Law Offices of Holt & Kroeger has been declared the winner of a contested race for TBA House of Delegates (HOD) District 19. Vacancies in five other districts will be filled by appointment: District 7 (Anderson County), District 9 (Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, Roane counties), District 11 (Hamilton County), District 18 (Sumner County) and District 23 (Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart counties).

Lucian Pera to be TBA?President

Memphis attorney Lucian Pera of Adams and Reese will be president of the Tennessee Bar Association in 2017–2018, according to election-qualifying results. No other candidate filed for the vice president position by the Feb. 15 deadline. After taking office as vice president this summer, Pera will become president-elect in 2016-2017 and take over the organization’s leadership in June 2017.