Learn more about the Tennessee Bar Association’s new animal law section at the first animal law CLE on May 22. This year’s hot topics include pet trusts, service animals, pet protection agreements, and horse lobbying and liability. Visit TBA CLE for more information.

If the house your client flips floods, creaks or fails code violations, make sure you are ready to help. The new Flipping Houses CLE on May 18 will feature presentations from attorneys well versed on construction law and local government practice along with Cynthia Gibson, the executive vice president and chief legal officer at Scripts Networking Interactive, the company behind many popular DIY programs.

Do you need a few fast practice tips? Looking for just the right online CLE course? Then check out the TBA CLE YouTube channel. Updated weekly, the home page offers previews of upcoming webcasts and online videos, and a quick link to register for programs.

Join us for the annual Intellectual Property Spring Institute on April 17 in Nashville. This year’s sessions include practical takeaways for Tennessee lawyers on a variety of topics including developments in trademark, transformative fair use and patent litigation updates. New this year is an ethics session on lessons learned from the General Motors case.

Supreme Court Justice Holly Kirby will provide the keynote remarks at this year’s annual Litigation CLE. The seven-hour program on April 17 will address tort reform and effective oral advocacy for litigators. Visit TBA CLE for more information.

How much is too much? This is one of the many questions lawyers must answer when facing the maze of discovery. Join your colleagues on April 2 in Nashville or April 9 in Memphis for a six-hour program that will cover many levels of written discovery and e-discovery. Presenters will cover best practices and practical tips in topics such as using investigators, subpoenas and enforcement.

Knowing the basic principles of accounting is beneficial to lawyers of all practice areas. Learn how to valuate financial assets and address common tax issues at Financial Literacy for Lawyers on April 7. Visit TBA CLE for more information.

Learn more about medical-legal partnerships at a live CLE program scheduled for March 30 in Nashville or by watching a one-hour archived webcast on the topic. Both programs are sponsored by TBA’s Access to Justice Committee and are being offered at no charge to Tennessee lawyers. The live program runs from noon to 4 p.m. and offers 3.5 hours of general credit. The video course offers one hour of general credit and can be taken at any time. The January issue of the Tennessee Bar Journal also explored how these partnerships work.

Learn about key emerging issues in the electronic payments industry during a TBA CLE webcast March 12 at noon. From Apple Pay to bitcoin, the industry is evolving rapidly, which means how clients pay and get paid is changing as well.

Connect with Corporate Counsel lawyers at a lunch sponsored by Counsel on Call this Friday at noon in Nashville. The lunch is part of a full day of CLE touching on compliance issues and ethics for in-house counsel. Learn more or register online.