Tennessee Bar Association members who have died recently are memorialized.

In this edition’s inspiration for your busy day, we remember two access to justice giants in Tennessee: Andy Branham, a founder of the Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Initiative, and Harris Gilbert, a champion of legal aid and former TBA president. 

The need for free, civil legal services continues to grow at exponential rates. Laura Brown, executive director of Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS), shares about the work that Equal Justice Works Fellows Tomi Robb and Nick Gau are moving forward in housing and disaster resilience.

TBA's annual Public Service Awards were presented April 15 at the Public Service Awards brunch, honoring three Tennesseans who are champions of legal aid and pro bono work.

In the sixth and final installment of On the Road with TCB, the "Blakers" family pets are in the spotlight.

In her final Journal column, TBA President Tasha C. Blakney considers what the legal landscape would look like if there were no bar associations.

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

Across the U.S., courts have begun to address landlord/tenant or eviction cases in a more systemic way. Linda Warren Seely, pro bono counsel at Butler Snow and vice chair of the TBA Access to Justice Committee, writes that while some reforms were underway pre-pandemic, the recent housing crisis is pushing innovations, including new partnerships and stakeholder engagement.

To appreciate the advent and inclusion of the courts' modern Access to Justice feature, Russell Fowler writes that one must look at the whole concept of Rule of Law, and the keystone of that concept is it is a safeguard against the exercise of arbitrary power in its various forms.

Reporters from across the state gathered in Nashville to learn about open meeting law, investigative journalism and more during the annual Reporters Workshop program, produced jointly by the Tennessee Bar Association, the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters and the Tennessee Press Association Foundation. Participants were selected from a record number of applicants who were interested in developing a deeper understanding of media law issues that may affect their everyday work, including access to government information, defamation and privacy concerns in reporting and other timely topics. Panelists included veteran reporters Demetria Kalodimos, Meribah Knight and Ben Hall, as well as legal media experts Paul McAdoo, Deborah Fisher and Seth May. The program continues tomorrow.