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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 6, 2018
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The TBA's Young Lawyers Division is seeking attorneys, judges, law students and legal staff to volunteer for the annual Tennessee High School Mock Trial Competition, set for March 23-24 in Nashville. The winning high school team will go on to compete in the national tournament in Reno, Nevada, in May. Attorney volunteers will be utilized in the competition as scorers and judges, presiding over rounds, while law students and legal staff will serve as bailiffs. The mock trial competition is the largest annual program of the YLD, so many volunteers will be needed. Sign up here or visit the TBA website for more information.

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 2, 2018
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The United States District Court for Western Tennessee is hosting an event to commemorate the 1968 federal litigation involving Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s right to march with Memphis sanitation workers. The event is a co-production with the Federal Bar Association - Memphis/Mid-South Chapter and the Tennessee Bar Association. Guest speakers include Walter Bailey, Mike Cody and Charles Newman, who were attorneys for Dr. King, and Frierson Graves, attorney for the City of Memphis. It will take place on April 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law's Wade Auditorium. Admission is free but seating is limited. RSVP before March 16 by emailing usdc_mlk50@tnwd.uscourts.gov.
Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 1, 2018
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Registration is now open for the University of Memphis Law Review's annual symposium, “The American Addiction: Pathways to Address the Opioid Crisis,” which will be held on March 16 at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. The event is free, but registration is required. Visit the Law Review's website for more information.

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 24, 2018
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The 14th Annual Napier-Looby Bar Foundation Barristers' Banquet and Awards Program will be held Feb. 22 at the Music City Center in the Davidson Ballroom. The Barristers' Banquet is the Napier-Looby Bar Foundation’s (NLBF) annual signature fundraising event held in celebration of Black History Month. Revenue raised from the event enables the NLBF to award scholarships to deserving students and fund charitable efforts throughout the year. The banquet will begin at 6 p.m. with a cocktail reception, with dinner and an awards program immediately following at 7 p.m. For more information or to learn more about sponsorship opportunities, contact Angela Williams or Andrea Perry.
Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 17, 2018
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The Association for Women Attorneys banquet in Memphis has been rescheduled to Feb. 7. The event had been planned for Jan. 16, but was cancelled due to inclement weather.

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 16, 2018
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The Music City Legal Hackers have a meet up planned for Thursday at Vanderbilt Law School from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Planning for Nashville’s second annual legal hackathon, scheduled for April 14, is one item on the agenda.
Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 9, 2018
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Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands announced that Scott Hickman will serve as the 2018 chair of the Campaign for Equal Justice, an annual initiative that raises funds for Legal Aid Society. Hickman, an attorney at Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison practicing in the areas of employment law and business dispute resolution, has been an active participant in Legal Aid’s free legal help clinics since 2000. The Campaign for Equal Justice, set to launch in March, has been held annually since 1987. This year’s goal has yet to be set, but in 2017, the campaign received $814,240 of a $826,000 goal.
Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 4, 2018
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The Legal Aid Society of East Tennessee and the Knoxville Bar Association are hosting a pro bono clinic for qualified debtors in the Knoxville area. The clinic will take place on Feb. 3 at 9:30 a.m. at the Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office, 1101 Liberty St. Clients who qualify will receive a bankruptcy packet to be completed before the clinic. For more information, to register a client or to volunteer, call LAET’s Knoxville office at (865) 637-0484 or visit laet.org.
Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 6, 2017
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The Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville Bar Associations will each host annual meetings this week. Knoxville’s will be held on Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the Main Assembly Room of the City County Building, 400 Main Street SW, and will include annual elections. The Memphis meeting will be held Thursday at the Guest House at Graceland, and will include a salute to Judge Robert L. Childers. The Nashville Bar event will also take place Thursday at the Music City Center, 201 5th Ave S., starting at 5:30 p.m. with a reception to be followed by dinner and awards.

Posted by: Barry Kolar on Dec 5, 2017
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There is still time to sign up for the Tennessee Youth Court’s training program this Thursday in Memphis. The program is free and carries two hours of CLE credit in exchange for program participation. Tennessee Youth Court Coordinator Denise Bentley will be facilitator for the program, which will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Courtroom 5 of the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County, 616 Adams Ave. Reserve your space or get your questions answered by contacting Jasmine Newsom or Pamela James, 901-222-0905 or 901-222-0906.


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