The TBA Young Lawyers Division (YLD) has launched its inaugural Diversity Law Week with activities planned this week in Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville. Under the leadership of YLD President Quinton Thompson and Diversity Law Week Co-Chairs Ariel Anthony, Kevin Christopher and Erin Shackelford, the program is set to provide more than 100 students from across the state an invaluable educational journey into the legal profession. This week's programming includes shadowing legal experts, immersive experiences at law school campuses and observations of local court proceedings. Special thanks is extended to the more than 50 volunteer lawyers and judges who are dedicating their time to provide high school students with this unique opportunity and to the venues that are hosting students in each city. 

Participating Law Firms, Lawyers & Judges:

• Baker Donelson (Nashville)
• Bass, Berry & Sims (Nashville)
• Belmont Law School
• Bowman and Brooke LLP (Memphis)
• Butler Snow (Memphis)
• Chancellor Anne Martin
• Chancellor Russell T. Perkins
• City of Memphis Law Division
• Davidson County District Attorney's Office
• Farrar and Bates
• Federal Public Defender (Nashville)
• Judge Arthur Bennett
• Judge Melissa Blackburn
• Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee
• Lewis Thomason P.C. (Nashville)
• Memphis Airport Authority
• Miller and Martin (Chattanooga)
• Morgan and Morgan (Memphis)
• Nahon Saharovich and Trotz (Memphis)
• Nashville Electric Service
• Ogletree Deakins (Nashville)
• Office of Conservatorship Management
• Shelby County Circuit Court Judges
• Shelby County District Attorney's Office
• Sherrard Roe Voight & Harbison (Nashville)
• Sheila E. Davis Attorney at Law
• Stokes Family Law, PLLC
• State Tennessee Department of Health
• Tennessee General Assembly-Office of Legal Services
• Tennessee Workers' Compensation Court (Judge Shaterra Marion)
• Tusca R.S. Alexis, Attorney at Law
• U.S. Attorney's Office (Memphis)
• Western District Bankruptcy Court (Judge Denise Barnett)

Venue Sponsors:

• University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
• Unum
• Vanderbilt University Law School

Photos from March 11 session in Chattanooga:

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