The University of Memphis School of Law Mental Health Law and Policy Journal wiil host a Lawyers as Problem Solvers and Mental Health Symposium on Thursday and Friday.

The Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division will host a CLE, happy hour and fundraiser from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave #909.

A free legal clinic will take place tomorrow and every Thursday at Greenhouse Ministries during Celebrate Pro Bono Month, hosted by the Rutherford-Cannon County Bar Association. The Clinic is open to all members of the public regarding as many legal areas as the lawyers present have the expertise to share. The event is located at 309 South Spring St, Murfreesboro from 4-6 p.m. Contact Andrae Crismon for details.

Legal Aid of East Tennessee will host a Seniors Education and Outreach Program ay the McMinn Count Senior Center Thursday at noon. The event will take place at 205 McMinn Ave. in Athens. Contact Charlie McDaniel for more information. Click here to view a full list of Celebrate Pro Bono Month events.

Much like lawyers in Tennessee, attorneys across the country are honoring their responsibility to the legal profession and local communities by participating in annual pro bono celebrations. Nationally, the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service is sponsoring National Pro Bono Celebration, Oct.21-27,  as part of Celebrate Pro Bono Month.

The Nashville Pro Bono Program and lawyers from Neal & Harwell, in partnership with Operation Stand Down Nashville, will provide counsel and referral to veterans at a clinic Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m., at 1125 12th Ave. South, Nashville. Clients must pre-register by contacting Tonya S. Glasgow at tonya@osdnashville.org or (615) 248-1981. Lawyers may contact Lucinda Smith at lsmith@las.org or (615) 780-7127 for more information.

The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee & the Cumberlands will host two legal clinics on Wednesday as part of Celebrate Pro Bono Month. First, the Nashville Pro Bono Program partners with lawyers from Walker, Tipps & Malone to provide counsel and referral to low-income individuals at the Martha O'Bryan Center Legal Clinic. The event is from 9 a.m. until noon at the Martha O'Bryan Center, 711 South 7th St., Nashville 37206. Then, from 10 a.m. to noon, the Nashville Pro Bono Program, Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society and lawyers from Bass Berry & Sims will partner in the Landlord/Tenant Project, meeting with low-income clients to provide help in landlord/tenant disputes. The event, which requires an appointment, is at the Legal Aid Society, 300 Deaderick St., Nashville. For information on either event, contact Lucinda Smith at lsmith@las.org  or (615) 780-7127.

Supreme Court Justice Janice Holder and Access to Justice Commission Chair Buck Lewis will be discussing what the court has done to promote access to justice in Tennessee during a program Wednesday at the University of Tennessee College of Law. The session will also lay out what the commission has planned for the next two years and why more law students and lawyers are needed to help. The event will be at noon in room 237.

The Memphis Bar Association (MBA) on Tuesday will present Entertaining Motions 2012, a parody of Memphis legal life, to benefit access to justice efforts. The event, which kicks off at 6 p.m., will also feature award presentations to area volunteers. Those being honored include Monroe David, Maureen Holland, Lisa Leach, J. Michael Fletcher, Allen Malone, Linda Harris, Chris Martin and James Warner. The law firm of Littler Mendelson is also set to be recognized. The event will take place in the auditorium at Memphis Bioworks Foundation, 20 South Dudley. To attend, contact Mary Lynes at (901) 271-0660 or mlynes@memphisbar.org or Charlotte Gean (901) 527-3575 or ckgean@memphisbar.org.

Four Chattanooga attorneys were inducted into the Legal Aid of East Tennessee’s (LAET) Pro Bono Hall of Fame yesterday during the group's second annual event. Honorees are Dick Critteau, Sam Elliot, Joe Simpson and Glenn Stophel, each of whom were honored for their work on behalf of indigent applicants in civil court cases. In announcing the awards LAET pro bono director Charlie McDaniel praised the example set by the four saying, "Not only do these lawyers accomplish a tremendous amount of good, they serve as an inspiration and as role models to younger attorneys who see that, at least in Chattanooga, the very best lawyers in the city do pro bono." Read the full article at the Times Free Press.