If you missed TBA's webcast "Nobody Wants to Be THAT Person: Avoiding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Faux" in the spring, you have a chance to watch it again Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. CDT.  Join Kansas City, Missouri, attorneys Keith and Dana Cutler for a discussion of microaggressions, non-binary bias, implicit biases and allyship. The Cutlers also share ideas to increase diversity, equity and inclusion, and improve work environments. The couple are partners in the law firm of James W. Tippin & Associates where they practice civil defense litigation, education law and small business representation.

The Legal Aid Society will hold an in-person legal advice clinic for veterans this Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. CDT at Operation Stand Down, 1125 12th Ave. S., Nashville 37203. To volunteer, contact Andrae Crismon or Kendra Cheek or call 615-780-7131.

The deadline to apply for the TBA’s new Scaling Small Law program is tonight at 11:59 p.m. CDT. Don’t miss your chance to participate in this unique business education and development program, which will offer training in business planning, marketing, solo/small firm finance and budgeting, client service and experience, ethical considerations and outsourcing and leveraging technology. The four-month program is designed specifically for entrepreneurial lawyers, solo practitioners or newly formed solo/small firms.

Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Don W. Poole announced today that he will retire at the end of his current term. By then, he will have served two eight-year terms. In a letter detailing his decision, Poole said, "In my mind, a lawyer can receive no greater honor than to be elected to serve as a judge. For almost 16 years the people of Hamilton County have entrusted me with that position and I am eternally grateful for that.” Among those said to be interested in the post are former Criminal Court Judge Rebecca Stern, attorney Amanda Dunn and Boyd Patterson of the Public Defender's Office, Chattanoogan.com reports.

The Suffrage Coalition will host a living history banquet on Aug. 17 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza in Knoxville, 401 West Summit Hill Dr. 37902. During the event, which will raise funds to preserve suffrage history, attendees will be able to mingle with characters playing the roles of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lizzie Crozier French, Frankie Pierce and Febb Burn — the mother of Tennessee Senator Harry T. Burn, who cast the deciding vote for suffrage in that body. Other event elements include a cocktail hour, silent auction, suffrage art display and reenactment of the 1920 Tennessee Senate debate. Finally, attendees will get a sneak preview of songs that will be part of a new musical, “A Vote of Her Own,” which will premiere in 2022. Tickets can be purchased online.

The Memphis Bar Association and its Access to Justice Committee will hold a virtual legal advice clinic Friday from 1-3 p.m. CDT. The clinic will be held by Zoom and focus on the topics of debt relief and bankruptcy. Those needing legal advice should register online at 901legalconnect.org. The clinic is being held in collaboration with the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Office of General Counsel, Community Legal Center and Memphis Area Legal Services. It is sponsored by Ralston Buchanan Consumer Law Group.

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has rejected a request for a hearing in a new-trial bid by Steven Avery, whose case was portrayed in the “Making a Murderer” Netflix series, the ABA Journal reports. Avery was sentenced to life in prison after his 2007 conviction for killing photographer Teresa Halbach. He says he was set up for the murder as payback for filing a $36 million wrongful-conviction lawsuit against the county sheriff in a different case accusing him of rape. Avery sued after DNA evidence exonerated him in the rape case. The court said that evidence presented during appeal could have been helpful at trial, but failed to lead to the conclusion that he was framed. However, it did say that Avery could file a new motion for collateral relief claiming that prosecutors failed to disclose a call from a witness.

Laura Baker, a shareholder at the Law Offices of John Day, will chair the 2021 Campaign for Equal Justice for the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands (LAS). The campaign, held annually since 1987, has a goal of raising $870,000 this year. Baker previously served as a pro bono lawyer for LAS. She has spent 15 years representing clients in personal injury, wrongful death and tort litigation across the state. She is the immediate past president of the Nashville Bar Association. Read more in a release from LAS.

The ABA is holding its Annual Meeting Aug. 4-10 with programs being offered in person as well as virtually. Among topics to be considered are police reform, cryptocurrency, voter suppression, environmental justice and student free speech rights. On Wednesday, ABA President Patricia Lee Refo will join nine past female presidents of the association to discuss the progress of and remaining challenges to the advancement of women in the profession. The ABA House of Delegates will meet Wednesday and Thursday to consider more than three dozen proposals. Awards also will be presented to Dr. Clarence B. Jones, adviser and lawyer to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and to Lawrence Fox, a champion of legal ethics, professional responsibility and lawyer volunteerism. Read more about the meeting.

The American Bar Association (ABA) last month released its third annual “Profile of the Legal Profession." Among the topics covered, the profile looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different demographic groups, finding that one-third of older lawyers changed their retirement plans and a higher number of women lawyers and lawyers of color reported stress and work-life balance challenges during the pandemic compared to others. The profile also looks at the number of lawyers and law students in the country, wage trends, the growth in women attorneys, the decrease in male law students, and the slow but steady progress in diversity, Reuters reports. Finally, the survey found a dearth of lawyers in rural areas and ongoing struggles associated with law school debt, according to the ABA Journal.