TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Laura Labenberg on Apr 22, 2025

The TBA YLD has selected six fellows for its new Rural Judicial Fellowship (RJF) program. They are: Harry Crane and M. Clark Hill from Belmont University College of Law; Savannah Grant and Isabella Turner from University of Tennessee College of Law; and Jillian McGauley and Charlie Pritchett from Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law. These law students will have the opportunity to spend six weeks of the summer as a judicial law clerk in a legal community in rural Tennessee. They also will attend the TBA's Annual Convention in June and be recognized by Tennessee's Supreme Court justices. Six judges will be paired with the students to help them gain practical legal experience and foster connections in underserved areas. Thank you to this year's participating judges: Circuit Court Judge Caleb Bayless in Columbia, Chancellor Jerri Bryant in Athens, General Sessions Judge Lee Bussart in Lewisburg, Circuit Court Judge Mark Hayes in Dyersburg, Circuit Court Judge Blake Neill in Somerville, and Criminal Court Judge Zachary Walden in Jacksboro.