The TBA Access to Justice Committee, in partnership with the TBA Corporate Counsel Section and the Association of Corporate Counsel, is hosting the 12th annual Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Initiative Gala on March 3 in Nashville. The gala, which will be held at the Pinnacle at Symphony Place, will feature remarks from Eve Runyon, president and CEO of the Pro Bono Institute, and the CCPBI awards presentation. Attorneys from Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport will be honored as outstanding legal department for their work with Legal Aid of East Tennessee and Bass, Berry & Sims will receive the law firm award for its ongoing work supporting the Tennessee Justice Center. The deadline to become an event sponsor or purchase tickets is Friday. Contact Liz Todaro, TBA Access to Justice Director, for more information.

The TBA's Young Lawyers Division is seeking volunteers for a Wills for Heroes Clinic scheduled for March 10 in Dyersburg. The clinic, which aims to provide wills and other end-of-life documents to first responders, will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the McIver’s Grant Public Library, 410 W. Court St. Volunteers should contact Megan Warden, (901) 821-0044 if interested.

Volunteers are needed for an expungement clinic in Memphis Saturday at St. Andrew AME Community Life Center and Gymnasium, 1472 Mississippi Blvd. Those interested should let Amber Floyd or Brittany Williams know their availability. Training will be provided at 9 a.m., while the clinic starts at 10 a.m. The clinic is sponsored by the TBA's Young Lawyers Division, the Memphis Bar Association, the Ben F. Jones Chapter of the National Bar Association, the Tennessee Faith & Justice Alliance and the Shelby County General Sessions Clerk’s Office.

Applications are due by Feb. 23 for Knoxville Bar Foundation grants, which were established to enhance the public's understanding of and confidence in the legal system, and to serve the legal profession. Last year, nine grants totaling $24,900 were approved.

An official investiture and celebration reception for J. Douglas Overbey, United States Attorney Eastern District of Tennessee, has been set for Feb. 16 at 2:30 p.m. at the U.S. District Court, 800 Market Square in the Ceremonial Courtroom. RSVP by Monday to jeanne.porter@usdoj.gov, 865-225-1711.

The Davidson County Veterans Court will host graduation ceremonies on Monday at 1 p.m. in the Justice A.A. Birch Building, 408 2nd Avenue North. Deborah Taylor Tate, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, and Many-Bears Grinder, the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services, will join Veterans Court Judge Melissa Blackburn in honoring the nine new graduates.