TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 29, 2020

The Chattanooga Bar Association will hold its annual Law Day event virtually from the Tennessee State Capitol, the Hamilton Herald reports. The event, scheduled for Aug. 18, will honor the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and include a reenactment of the vote in Tennessee, a proclamation from area legislators and keynote speeches by Paula Casey, founder of the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail, and Chattanooga and Hamilton County historian Linda Moss Mines. In addition, Memphis attorney Bill Haltom will talk about his book Why Can't Mother Vote? and the association will present its 2020 Liberty Bell Award. The program will be live streamed beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT. To register for the event, email CBA Executive Director Lynda Hood.