Cyber Monday CLE deals are here and will continue all week! Earn all the CLE you need before the Dec. 31 deadline with savings over $160. Choose from two packages: the Legal Essentials Package, which offers eight hours of CLE, or Navigating the Pandemic Package, which offers 7.75 hours of CLE. Take them both and earn 15.75 hours! Pricing will be available through Dec. 4. If you have questions, please contact the CLE team at cle@tnbar.org.

Don't miss the 2020 Environmental Law Forum, which will take place tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. CST! This year's virtual program will feature updates regarding PFAS litigation, OSHA compliance for environmental professionals, TDEC protocols, ethics and more. Learn from seasoned experts while earning three general and one dual credit hours of CLE. Connection info will be sent following registration. Remember: all 2020 CLE hours can be taken online and TBA members get discounted pricing on all CLE programs.

When: Tomorrow, Dec. 2, 10 a.m. CST
Where: Zoom Webinar, connection information sent following sign up

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Check out our Cyber Monday CLE deals! For a limited time, TBA is offering discounted CLE packages with your needs in mind. Earn all the CLE you need before the Dec. 31 deadline with savings over $160. Choose from two packages: the Legal Essentials Package, which offers eight hours of CLE, or Navigating the Pandemic Package, which offers 7.75 hours of CLE. Take them both and earn 15.75 hours! Pricing will be available through Dec. 4. If you have questions, please contact the CLE team at cle@tnbar.org.

Produced by the Dispute Resolution Section, this one-hour CLE offers attendees an opportunity to interactively converse about non-monetary issues that arise in family law disputes. The speakers — Chattanooga lawyers Randall Larramore with McWilliams, Gold & Larramore and Glenna Ramer with Ramer & Hedrickwalk — will walk attendees through a fact scenario, highlighting litigation tactics and strategy and discussing the process of negotiating a resolution. Special attention will be paid to the non-economic elements of the dispute. Read the fact scenario and sign up here for the Dec. 4 program.

How do you as a lawyer working remotely meet your ethical duties of competence, confidentiality and supervision? And how do you make sure your tech systems are secure? This one-hour program — sponsored by Attorney's Insurance Mutual of the South — looks at model ethics rules applicable to the remote environment and the realities of cybersecurity, including how to recognize phishing emails, how to avoid ransomware attacks and how to protect electronic devices. Birmingham lawyer J.S. Chris Christie with Sirote & Permutt PC digs into the specifics with actual examples of security compromises and provides recommendations for protecting yourself and your firm.

The TBA’s Criminal Law Forum 2020 will take place virtually on Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 via Zoom Webinar. Attendees will hear presentations from Kirsten Shields of Legility and Christopher Slobogin of Vanderbilt University School of Law on topics designed to enrich your practice and keep you at the forefront of the latest developments in the criminal law field. And remember: all 2020 CLE hours can be taken online and TBA members get discounted pricing on all CLE programs.

The Tennessee Bar Association and the Tennessee American Inns of Court are joining forces to bring together influential lawyers and leaders from across the state to examine the role of leadership in the legal profession. Speakers — including U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, U.S. 6th Circuit Court Judge Bernice B. Donald, former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice William C. Koch Jr. and TBA Chief Diversity Officer Mary Beard — will discuss the importance of lawyers leading by example to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and professionalism, as well as how lawyers can succeed in this mission. The program will run from 3 to 4:45 p.m. CST on Dec. 1 and offer 1.75 dual CLE hours. Please register before 1 p.m. CST on the day of the event to receive the Zoom invitation.

Transactional Practice 2020: Bankruptcy Basics will introduce basic concepts under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the differences between each chapter, and how filings and cases have been impacted by both COVID-19 and the CARES Act. Tune in for this webcast on Nov. 24 from noon until 1 p.m. CST for one hour of general credit CLE. And remember: all 2020 CLE hours can be taken online and TBA members get discounted pricing on all CLE programs.

Mark your calendar for the TBA’s annual Ethics Road Homeshow 2020 on Dec. 9. We can’t take the show “on the road” this year so we are bringing the popular ethics tradition with Memphis lawyer Brian Faughnan directly to you. The live virtual program will focus on “Ethics Lessons from the Pandemic,” simultaneously looking at the years 1918 and 1968 and the challenges faced by attorneys during those difficult times. Join us from 1 to 4:15 p.m. CST and get those last-minute ethics hours! Remember: all 2020 CLE hours can be taken online and TBA members get discounted pricing on all CLE programs.

Intellectual Property Law Forum: IP 101 is intended for those who may have no experience with intellectual property law or who want to learn more about a certain type of IP law. Presenters will provide a survey of the three types of intellectual property for which protection can be sought: patents, trademarks and copyrights. The forum also will include a discussion about licensing agreements. Catch this virtual CLE on Dec. 8 from noon until 4 p.m. CST. Please register prior to 10 a.m. CST on the event day to receive the Zoom invitation in time. Remember: all 2020 CLE hours can be taken online and TBA members get discounted pricing on all CLE programs.