TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Suzanne Craig Robertson on Apr 1, 2020

Your print copy of the April Tennessee Bar Journal is probably at your office, but in case you are not, it's also online and ready for you. This issue focuses on Access to Justice, leading with an account by lawyer Katie Blankenship as she volunteered at an ICE detention center in Georgia. This may not be your strength or area of interest, but there are many ways to get involved to help people with pro bono services, and this issue will help you figure that out. The Tennessee Access to Justice Commission gives an update and the Public Service Award honorees — Bill Coley, Ian Hennessey, Tim Hughes and Vanessa Zapata — are profiled, as well as those honored by the Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Initiative, HCA Healthcare and Bass, Berry & Sims. TBA President Sarah Y. Sheppeard writes about the devastation of March's tornadoes, how bar groups jumped in to start helping in recovery — and the need for lawyers to help. That need continues, and she offers easy ways to get involved.