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 tomorrow 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.

The Sevier County Bar Association has announced there will be a Portrait Unveiling Ceremony for the late judge Richard R. “Dick” Vance on Feb. 20 at 3 p.m. EST. The event will take place on the third floor of the Sevier County Courthouse. Vance was a circuit court judge in the Fourth Judicial District. He died in 2017 at the age of 76.

West Tennessee Legal Service will host its Military Monday legal clinic on Feb. 10 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Jackson Starbucks, 2034 N. Highland Ave., Jackson 38305. The clinic provides general civil legal advice for U.S. veterans, military members and their families. For more information, call 800-372-8346.

A reception to celebrate the retirement of Magistrate Judge Joe Brown has been set for Feb. 21 in Nashville. The event will begin at 4 p.m. in courtroom 873 of the U.S. District Court, 801 Broadway.

Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. will hold its Saturday Legal Clinic on Feb. 8 from 10 a.m. to noon. This event is a monthly advice and counsel clinic, giving members of the community a chance to meet with an attorney and discuss their legal issue. The clinic will be held at the Ben Hooks Public Library, 3030 Poplar Avenue, Memphis. Get more information or register as a volunteer here. 

A documentary film about Tennessee death row inmate Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman will premiere on April 16 at Nashville’s Belcourt Theatre, the Associated Press reports. Abdur’Rahman was sentenced to death for the 1986 murder of Patrick Daniels. His attorneys argue that his co-defendant was the true assailant. The film, “You Don’t Know Me” explores Abdur’Rahman’s trial and the regret of his trial attorney who says he blames himself for mounting a poor defense. Abdur’Rahman has been on death row for 32 years and has seen five execution dates come and go. In August 2019, a judge resentenced Abdur’Rahman to life in prison after he raised claims that racism tainted the jury selection. The state appealed and an execution date is on hold until the appeal can be heard.

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.

Memphis Area Legal Services will host an Attorney of the Day clinic every Thursday beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Memphis. During the clinic, volunteer attorneys will meet with pro se litigants to provide help and make referrals. Clients are seen on a first come first serve basis and ending times will vary based on attendance. The clinics will take place on Feb. 6, 13, 20 and 27 in room 134 of the Judge D'Army Bailey Courthouse, 140 Adams Ave. Get more information or enroll as a volunteer on the MALS website.   

Three Tennessee law schools have announced upcoming spring conferences. Lincoln Memorial Duncan School of Law will host a symposium titled “Modern Forensic Science, Expert Testimony, and Exonerations as Applied to Fire Investigation” on Feb. 28 in downtown Knoxville. That same day, the University of Tennessee College of Law will present the Oil and Gas Pipeline Legal Conference, sponsored by the Native American Law Students Association and the Environmental Law Organization. Finally, on March 13 the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law will hold its annual symposium “Closing the Gap: Solutions to Educational Inequality.” More information on each event can be found online.