A CLE on local government practice will be held March 23 at the Tennessee Bar Center, featuring sessions on new legislation, ex parte communication and social media. The program will also offer a training session on public speaking and interacting with the media. Stay downtown after the program and attend a Predators game with other attendees! Find out more and register here.

In town for basketball and need more CLE hours? The Tennessee Bar Association will continue offering convenient and flexible CLE tomorrow from 8:30-10:30 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m. Take as many or as few hours as you need. Find out more here.

A CLE addressing basic and intermediate deposition techniques will be held at the Bar Center on April 6. Attendees will hear from experienced litigators who will discuss key components of the deposition process. An additional portion of the program will be devoted to ethical considerations in deposition settings, dealing with difficult counsel and witness preparation. Read more or register here.

Join the Tennessee Bar Association for the 2017 Dispute Resolution Forum April 10 in Nashville. The day will focus on the changing landscape of mediation from live to digital. Speakers will address the implications of online dispute resolution technology and provide practical examples of this new technology in action. Another session will address how online dispute resolution can improve access to justice. Other sessions will cover the ethical issues arising out of online dispute resolution. Find out more and register here.

Join the TBA for Intellectual Property: CLE Bytes, an IP forum which will include presentations on patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secrets issues. Practitioners may attend any or all of the presentations based on their learning needs. The morning sessions sessions will trademarks and the First Amendment, the punitive use of trademark law, and recent developments in copyright law. The afternoon sessions will address aspects of IPR proceedings, patent damages, and trade secrets. As part of a special TBA initiative in 2016-2017, there will be an ethics-eligible presentation on evolving legal markets. Find more info or register here.

Join your colleagues from across the state at the annual Estate Planning & Probate Forum on Friday. Speakers will address asset protection, ethics, legislation and other hot topics. Contribute to the discussion by submitting questions for our ethics and probate panels, email questions for the panelist here.

The TBA Mid-Winter CLE Blast is offering programs from 7 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, giving you the possibility of completing up to 11 hours of dual CLE course work. You can create your own schedule and take as many or as few hours as you need. The registration desk will be open all day.