The 2020 State High School Mock Trial Tournament that was scheduled to take place on March 20-21 in Nashville has been canceled. After monitoring recent developments related to COVID-19 from local, state and federal agencies, Tennessee Bar Association officials concluded that the safety of students, coaches, judges, family and friends required the cancellation. The decision followed the declaration of a state of emergency by Gov. Bill Lee, and decisions by the National High School Mock Trial Championship Board of Directors and nine other state sponsors to cancel their competitions. “We know that this decision is disappointing to so many students and families,” TBA Executive Director Joycelyn Stevenson said, “and we congratulate each of them for making it to the state competition this year. We look forward to continuing this great competition next year.”

Legal Aid of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands will hold a free legal clinic in hard-hit North Nashville on March 19. The clinic will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, 1035 14th Ave. N., Nashville 37208. Contact Andrae Crismon for more information. Tornado survivors needing immediate legal assistance can call 1-844-HELP4TN or ask questions through the Tennessee Free Legal Answers online service. See a list of all clinics being held to help tornado survivors. Volunteers are needed to provide legal information, advice, and representation to those affected by the recent storms. Attorneys interested in volunteering should complete this online form.

Legal Aid of Middle Tennessee & the Cumberlands will hold its McHugh Legal Help Clinic at the Belmont Ministry Center, 2005 12th Ave. S. (the former home of the Bass Street Baptist Church) from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday. For more information call 615-244-6610.

The Rutherford-Cannon County Bar Association will host a free legal clinic Thursday in Murfreesboro. The event will take place at Greenhouse Ministries, 309 South Spring St. 37130, from 4 to 6 p.m. The clinic is open to all. Contact Kendra Cheek, 615-780-7131 for more information.

An investiture ceremony and reception for U.S. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Wyrick will take place on April 17 at 1:30 p.m. at the James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, 220 West Depot Street, Greeneville. Wyrick, a former TBA president, was named federal magistrate judge in September and serves the court’s Northeastern Division. RSVP to the event by April 3 by calling 865-329-4780.

Two legal clinics for veterans will be held tomorrow in Nashville and Knoxville. Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands will host its Veteran’s Project tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Operation Stand Down Tennessee, 1125 12th Ave. S., Nashville, 37203. Email Kendra Cheek or call 615-780-7131 for more information. The Knoxville Bar Association will also be holding its Veteran’s Legal Advice Clinic from noon to 2 p.m. at the Public Defender’s Community Law Office, 1101 Liberty St., Knoxville, 37912.

As Putnam County residents continue to deal with the damage from last Tuesday’s tornado, attorneys with the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee & the Cumberlands offered free legal assistance Saturday at two locations in Cookeville. The Cookeville Herald Citizen has coverage of those efforts. Andrae Crismon with Legal Aid also told the paper that two other clinics will be held this week. Legal Aid will hold a clinic Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Double Springs Church of Christ, 4665 Norton Dr., Cookeville 38501. The Upper Cumberland Bar Association will hold a clinic on March 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Putnam County Justice Center, 421 E Spring St, Ste 1D, Cookeville 38501.

The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee & the Cumberlands will hold its monthly legal help clinic at the Gallatin Civic Center tomorrow from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The center is located at 210 Albert Gallatin Ave., Gallatin 37066. The clinic is staffed by the Sumner County Bar Association but residents from all Middle Tennessee counties are welcome.

Memphis Area Legal Services will hold a Veterans Clinic Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. at the Memphis Vet Center, 1407 Union Ave. Ste 410, Memphis 38104. This clinic is specifically for veterans with questions about their rights and benefits, including basic eligibility for benefits, discharge status upgrades/appeals, disability compensation, pensions, dependency and indemnity compensation, representation before the Veterans Affairs Department and appealing a denial of benefits.

U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Senior Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey will be honored by the Nashville Public Library on March 30 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. for her contributions to the library’s “Votes for Women” collection. Her donations include a vast body of feminist literature, including the “History of Woman Suffrage” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, and four works bearing inscriptions from Susan B. Anthony. Daughtrey will join Special Collections Division Manager Andrea Blackman for a conversation about the works. RSVP by March 25.