The TBA’s Litigation Section will host its annual forum on May 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CDT as a live virtual event. This year’s forum will offer essential and useful material for litigators. It is being produced by Litigation Section Section Chair Tannera Gibson with Burch, Porter & Johnson. Confirmed speakers include Will Perry with Butler Snow and Stephen Shields with Jackson, Shields, Yeiser, Holt, Owen & Bryant. All three practice in Memphis. Topics include court-mandated ADR, economic loss doctrine and ethical implications of artificial intelligence in the legal landscape.

The TBA is bringing its award-winning CLE programming to Savannah on April 26. The Court Square program is designed to provide attorneys with the latest developments in multiple areas of the law. Start the afternoon with a lunch and learn networking session with TBA leadership. Other topic areas will be announced soon. The event will run from 11:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. CDT at the Venue on Main, 454 Main St., Savannah 38372.

A new course from the TBA seeks to expand the group of legal advocates certified to serve Tennessee veterans, who are underrepresented in the Veterans Affairs Department’s (VA) claims and appeals processes. Introduction to the Practice of Veterans Law — a live virtual event on April 5 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CDT — will cover information about claims procedures, basic benefits eligibility, right to appeal, disability compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions. Presenters will be James R. Drysdale with the VA Office of General Counsel in Washington, D.C., and VA certified lawyers Seth Ogden and Rita Gibson Rayford.

This year's Immigration Law Forum will cover timely topics affecting immigration attorneys. Sessions will include the discussion of the Southeastern Provision plant raid, family law immigration updates and the intersection of criminal and immigration law. More information and additional sessions to be announced! Join us in person May 10 at 1212 Germantown. Registration is from 8:30-9 a.m. CDT with programming running from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

The TBA is getting ready to hit the road again for the spring/summer season of its Court Square Series. The first stop will be in Jamestown on April 12. The three-hour program is designed to provide attorneys with the latest developments in multiple areas of the law. Kick off the afternoon with a lunch and learn networking session with TBA leadership and then hear from retired lawyer James Romer and Timothy Takacs with Takacs McGinnis Elder Care Law in Hendersonville. Watch for more details on topics coming soon.

This year's Dispute Resolution Forum makes its return in person, also offering a Zoom simulcast. Join colleagues for carefully crafted sessions tailored to both lawyers and mediators featuring accomplished speakers from the ADR vocation. Topics include crafting a settlement, the art of negotiation, a discussion of litigation and/vs. arbitration in court, handling pro-bono cases, and more. The forum will take place on May 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. CDT at the Nashville office of Butler Snow, 150 3rd Ave. S., Nashville 37201.

Make plans now to attend the TBA's 2023 Entertainment & Sports Law Forum on May 11 in Nashville. The four-hour program, including one dual hour, will be held at Belmont University College of Law. Topics to be covered include the latest in sports law, a comprehensive case law update, and a look into what is going on with beats, licensing and sampling. The program will conclude with an attorney well-being session. Immediately following the program, attendees are encouraged to attend the happy hour reception at International Market from 5-7pm CDT.

Join the TBA YLD's Civil Rights Walking Tour on April 14 in downtown Nashville. Learn about the impact that legal history has had in making the city of Nashville a more inclusive place to thrive. This CLE will offer a uniquely interactive historical perspective regarding the role Nashville played in the civil rights movement, women’s right to vote, enactment of disability laws and changes to access for public education. It will end with a panel discussion on the future of civil rights litigation and how attorneys can incorporate it into their practice. For more information, including tour stops, and to register, click here.

The 2023 Business Law Forum will be a hybrid program on April 21: in person at Bass Berry & Sim's Nashville offices or virtually via Zoom. Sessions will examine ethical uses of AI-driven platforms, such as ChatGPT, in the legal profession; current concepts related to transactional non-competes; lessons learned from cryptocurrency bankruptcies like FTX; and the legal constraints that celebrity executives and directors must navigate when balancing their public image with regulatory obligations. The program will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT. A networking reception for in-person attendees will immediately follow the forum.

You can't win your case in a deposition, but it can be one of the most important discovery tools (if not the most important) in preparing your case for trial. Join us May 16 at noon CDT for a webcast on the do's and don’ts of taking, defending and using depositions. This program will cover tips and techniques on taking depositions, defending them and using them as your case progresses, including how to prepare yourself and your client for depositions. It will also cover tips on how to avoid and recover from common pitfalls.