For the few TBA members who have not yet paid their dues for the 2014-2015 membership year, this will be your last issue of TBA Today until payment is received. After today, all member services – including access to Fastcase online research, discounts on CLE programs and new issues of the Tennessee Bar Journal and other TBA publications – will be discontinued. Don’t let this happen to you. Renew online now to keep these and other services flowing.

With each passing year, more and more Tennessee attorneys decide to "hang their own shingle" and begin a solo or small firm practice. To help these lawyers get a solid start, the TBA has launched the Solo in a Box Toolkit, a new resource offering advice on everything from how to choose an office space to managing client files.

Only a few days remain before the March 31 deadline for obtaining health insurance, so check out the TBA Health Insurance Exchange now. The TBA Health Insurance Exchange offers all of the rates and plans in the public exchanges, PLUS you will also be able to see Private Exchange rates that can offer more plan designs as well as lower premiums in some cases. The Exchange is simple, easy to use and will get you the information you need fast.

The Tennessee Bar Association has joined forces with Clio, the leading provider of cloud-based practice management, time and billing and client collaboration tools for law firms. This partnership program allows TBA members to subscribe to Clio at a discounted rate for the lifetime of their TBA membership. Learn more about Clio now.

UPS, the TBA's newest benefit partner, wants you to save up to 36 percent on shipping and have the chance to win a tablet computer in the process. Here’s how it works. Sign up for a new UPS account by Sept. 26 and receive one entry into the promotion. Find out more or sign up today.

Time is running out. If you have not already paid your 2013-2014 dues, your subscription to TBA Today, access to Fastcase and other Complete Membership benefits will expire today, Aug. 1. To ensure you do not lose any of these benefits, renew your membership online, call (800) 899-6993 or email the TBA. Learn more about all the benefits offered to TBA members, including a brand new benefit from UPS. You will not want to miss out on any of these deals!

A number of TBA members and others received emails today that appear to be from the Tennessee Bar Association asking for password and other information. These emails did not come from the TBA, so please do not click on any links or enter the information requested. The scam email have “Important Update” in the subject line and say that you can add additional security measures to your account by clicking on a link. Do not do this. The scam appears similar to one reported earlier this week at the New Hampshire Bar Association.

TBA members can now show their professional pride and get rewarded for doing it. The Tennessee Bar Association Visa® Platinum Rewards Card is now available to all TBA members. All the benefits of a Platinum Visa® Rewards Card will be yours, along with the satisfaction of showing your pride in your profession every time you use the card. Apply now and earn points at hundreds of online retailers. Redeem your points for name-brand merchandise, event tickets, gift cards, travel rewards options, and more. Apply now!

The Tennessee Bar Association membership renewal program for 2013-2014 began on Monday with an email to all members. If you did not receive an email to take part in the online Express Renewal program, you can still visit the TBA website to participate. Members who prefer to receive a printed membership form will receive one at the end of the Express Renewal campaign. The TBA Complete Membership includes three pre-paid CLE credits, free Premium-Level online legal research through Fastcase, and timely information through TBA Today and the Tennessee Bar Journal.

In the new Tennessee Bar Journal, out today, Donald Capparella and Candi Henry explore Morrison and Allstate and their implications for insurance agents' liability for what their clients sign. And in her monthly column, TBA President Jackie Dixon details the ways in which judicial merit selection is hanging in the balance -- and what you can do to help. Read this and more in the May TBJ