TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Suzanne Robertson on Jan 4, 2022

The #FreeBritney movement garnered much media attention in 2021, focusing on the negative aspects of conservatorships ­— loss of individual rights — while ignoring its primary purpose, which is protection of the vulnerable. In the new Tennessee Bar Journal, Beth Weems Bradley and Sarah Hearn Sexton write about the many safeguards that are in place with conservatorships. President Sherie Edwards writes about the TBA's initiatives Your Path to Well-Being, the Women in the Profession Committee, and the SOLACE program. Poppy O'Guinn Steele examines how the U.S. Supreme Court and the state of Tennessee have addressed the unique needs of deaf children, and Kevin Balkwill writes about what a lawyer can expect to go through on the difficult, but possible, road to recovery from addiction and the road to license reinstatement. There is a lot more in this issue; read the January/February online.