The Nashville Predators have provided 48 bicycles and tricycles to children of 23rd District Recovery Court participants under a grant that promotes building strong families through parental involvement. The bikes are designed to develop the parenting skills of those recovering from addiction as they work to rebuild family relationships. The recovery court serves the counties of Cheatham, Dickson, Humphreys, Stewart and Houston. It is overseen by Circuit Judge Suzanne Lockert-Mash. Read the full release about the donation or see photos of the kids on their new bikes.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee (ACLU-TN) will honor Hedy Weinberg with its Lifetime Achievement Award at its Nov. 10 fundraiser. Weinberg was the organization’s executive director for more than 37 years, until she stepped down in early July. The event also will be an opportunity for supporters to welcome new Executive Director Kathy Sinback. The fundraiser will take place from 6-8 p.m. CDT at Wilburn Street Studio in Nashville. Tickets are $150 per person ($75 for attendees age 35 and under) and may be purchased online or by calling the ACLU-TN office at 615-320-7142.

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of race-conscious admissions policies in cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina today, The Hill reports. Over nearly five hours of oral argument, the justices posed sharp questions about admissions programs that consider the race of applicants in order to achieve student body diversity. They also appeared receptive to arguments by the conservative challengers, Students for Fair Admissions, who argued that the schools had impermissibly weighed race in admissions decisions.

A former Knox County Sheriff’s chief — who is accused of using the agency’s drug fund and credit card as his personal piggy bank and treating subordinates as his private construction crew — is no longer mentally competent to stand trial, his attorney says. Robert Kurtz says that David Henderson, the ex-chief of the narcotics unit, is showing signs of dementia and cannot meaningfully assist in the defense of federal charges filed against him earlier this year. The trial was set to begin Nov. 8, Tennessee Lookout reports. Given the claim, the court agreed to a competency hearing.

Judge Julia Smith Gibbons, a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, received the Edward J. Devitt Award on Friday for distinguished, lifetime service to the judiciary. The ceremony was held at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., the Daily Memphian reports. In remarks at the ceremony, Gibbons said she has enjoyed the solitary and collective work of an appellate judge, along with years of work on judiciary panels. Her activities have included serving as chair of the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Budget Committee, and member of the Judicial Resources Committee and Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Gibbons had actually been named the award recipient in 2021, but the pandemic delayed the public recognition and reception. 

EMF Broadcasting, home to K-LOVE/Air1/WTA, is seeking an entertainment and media attorney to provide legal advice and counsel on a broad range of entertainment and media matters, from financing, production, licensing, and distribution of media, to strategic guidance on industry regulations relevant to film and publishing. This position also will support radio, podcasting, streaming, live events and other media ventures. A minimum of seven years of experience in a firm, corporate legal department or equivalent setting is required. Read the full job description and get instructions for applying on TBA's JobLink platform.

Join the TBA on Nov. 18 from 9 to 10:15 a.m. CDT for a webcast featuring retired U.S. immigration judges candidly discussing issues related to the immigration court system. Topics will include the “real” discretion of immigration judges, the flexibility for immigration judges to voice their opinions, and a First Amendment lawsuit filed by the group's union. Register here for “Immigration Judges Unfiltered: A Candid Discussion on Judicial Independence, Internal Ethics and Communication, and Other Structural Concerns.”

The October episode of the TBA's BarBuzz podcast is now streaming. This month, the new TBA YLD and Law School Development Coordinator Laura Labenberg joins the show to discuss legal news and bar association events for the upcoming month and beyond. BarBuzz is part of the TBA Podcast Network and can be found on the TBA's website or anywhere you listen to podcasts. 

The Associated Press reports that Albuquerque Cosper Head, a Tennessee man who dragged Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanone into a mob of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to more than seven years in prison. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Head to seven years and six months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. Read the full AP report here.

Sixth Circuit judges hearing a challenge to a Tennessee voting law expressed concern with portions of the law during arguments Thursday morning, the Tennessean reports. Under a 1994 law, only election commission employees are authorized to distribute absentee ballot applications. Anyone else doing so is committing a felony — even though the forms are freely available to download on the state's website. Senior Judge Helene N. White pressed the state during its rebuttal period on that point. "I could be sitting with my grandmother, I fill out the form for her, I go to the printer and I hand it to her, and I've committed a felony," she asked, "right?"