Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning book and Academy Award winning movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" has rekindled interest in the role lawyers play in leading their communities. This highly interactive three part series, taught by Doug Blaze and Buck Lewis — founders of the Institute for Professional Leadership at UT Law — will examine the lynching scene on the porch of the jail, the trial and the final scene on the Finch porch after an attempt on the Finch children’s lives. Sessions will take place virtually on July 31, Aug. 28 and Sept. 19. The full program qualifies for 4.5 dual hours of CLE. Register online for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

The TBA’s Court Square Series is back with a program planned in Jackson on June 28. Come hear from General Sessions Judge Christy Little, Nashville-area lawyer John Day, and Jackson lawyers Nancy Choate and Kortney Simmons. The Court Square Series is intended to bring top speakers to local legal communities and foster relationships and collegiality among lawyers across the state.

If you missed the TBA’s Corporate Counsel Forum, the video from each of the sessions is now available to watch on demand through our 1-Click Package. This year’s program topics included how the Corporate Transparency Act affects in-house counsel, guiding a company through a government investigation, the recent FTC guidance on non-competes and no-poaching agreements, and what in-house counsel needs to know about the parent/subsidiary relationship. Access the package here.

Whether you are catching up on CLE or starting to meet your 2024 requirements, TBA CLE Essentials are designed with your convenience in mind. Choose from five unique packages that you can watch on-demand from the comfort of your own home or office. Whether you need three hours or 15, we have curated CLE packages by the hour, topic or practice area. These include: Summer Essentials Complete Package (15 hours including 12 dual), Ultimate Ethics Package (8 dual hours), General Solo and Small Practice Bundle (15.5 hours including 11 dual), The Rookie's Guide to Law (4 general hours), and the Women in the Profession Wellness Package (3 dual hours).

Did you miss the TBA Women in the Profession Committee's well-being webcast in April? If so, then join colleagues tomorrow for a rebroadcast at noon CDT. The speaker for this one-hour webcast will use research associated with increased alcohol and drug use; increased stress, anxiety and depression; and feelings of isolation to provide real world strategies to achieve wellness while facing daily professional challenges. Sign up for "Shift Happens — Surviving the Law Profession."

Coming up on July 11 is the always engaging CLE Performer Stuart Teicher with three hours of ethics CLEs. Join your colleagues for these webcasts beginning at 9 a.m. CDT: What Emojis Teach About Lawyer Legal Ethics, Cat Proverbs and Attorney Ethics and What Overrated Rock Bands Teach About Attorney Ethics. Want to get ethics credits now? Check out the latest ethics programming available on demand, including Taylor Swift is a Genius: Even About Legal Ethics and Learn By Doing: An Hour of Legal Writing Exercises.

Real Estate Essentials, the TBA Real Estate Law Section's annual basics-level CLE, will take place virtually on June 20 from 1-4 p.m. CDT. The program will offer three hours of general CLE credit. The first session will focus on ALTA surveys, including what they are, why they are important and how they are used. The second session will cover deed considerations, requirements and types. Learn more or register here.

The Immigration Law Section will present its annual forum this Friday at Casa Azafran in Nashville. This is one CLE you want to attend in person! The agenda is packed with speakers from government agencies, but their session will not be recorded or made available later due to government agency policy. Don't miss hearing from representatives from the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) Nashville, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement & Removal Operations, ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), and the USCIS Asylum Office. Other speakers will provide updates on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and F-1 and J-1 programs.

The TBA’s Court Square Series will be in Cookeville on the afternoon of May 30. The program will include an ethics update with Beverly Sharpe with the Board of Professional Responsibility; a legislative update with Nathan Ridley; and a judicial panel with Circuit Court Judge William Ridley from Crossville and Circuit Court Judge Caroline Knight and Chancellor Ronald Thurman from Cookeville.

Stuart Teicher, The CLE Performer, is back with three ethics webcasts on July 11. Don’t miss “What Emojis Teach About Lawyer Legal Ethics” at 9 a.m. CDT, “Cat Proverbs and Attorney Ethics” at 10:15 a.m. and “What Overrated Rock Bands Teach About Attorney Ethics” at 11:30 a.m. The titles say it all but for more information click on the links above to learn more or register to attend.