The Shelby County Chancery Court will hold an investiture ceremony for Chancellor JoeDae L. Jenkins Monday at 4 p.m. The event will take place at the Memphis City Council Chambers, 125 Main St. A reception will follow in the Hall of Mayors. RSVP to jjjchancellor@gmail.com by Friday at noon.

The Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society, in cooperation with the Knoxville Bar Association, will hold its annual cocktail reception and “Night with the Chiefs” on Thursday. The reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a program following at 6:30 p.m. The event, held each year to honor the members of state Supreme Court, will take place at the East Tennessee Historical Center in Knoxville. RSVP to Amanda Messer.

The 28th annual Southern Festival of Books, sponsored by Humanities Tennessee, is this weekend in Nashville. The event, set for Legislative Plaza, will host hundreds of best-selling, award-winning authors. One session you won't want to miss is Memphis lawyer Bill Haltom speaking with author Shellie Tomlinson on the panel, "Seersucker and the Front Porch: Icons of Southern Culture." They will be in Room 30 of Legislative Plaza from 2 to 3 p.m. on Friday. Haltom will discuss his book, Milk & Sugar: The Complete Book of Seersucker. Here is the rest of the lineup of authors at the festival, which runs through Sunday.

Country music stars Clint Black and John Rich will headline a benefit concert Oct. 25 from 7 to 10 p.m. for the Davidson County Drug Court, Cherished H.E.A.R.T.S. (which provides counseling, housing and drug treatment for trafficking victims) and Grace Empowered (a court-ordered prostitution intervention program run by the Nashville District Attorney General’s office). The event and music showcase will be held at Mt. Richmore, the home of John and Joan Rich, the Administrative Office of the Courts announced today. Heavy hors d’oeuvres, drinks and valet service will be provided. Dress is country glam. Tickets are $500 and are tax-deductible.

Alistair E. Newbern and Jeffery S. Frensley will take the oath of office as U.S. Magistrate Judges for the Middle District of Tennessee during a Joint Investiture Ceremony, Oct. 21 at 3 p.m. in the Ceremonial Courtroom of the United States District Court, 801 Broadway, Room 874 in Nashville. A reception will follow.

The deadline to take part in the TBA Academy and be admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court is just weeks away. The 2016 TBA Academy will take place Nov. 28-30 in Washington, D.C., at The Hay Adams Hotel. Participating attorneys will be sworn in before the court in a private ceremony on Nov. 29. Registration forms and required materials must be submitted by Oct. 19. Learn more online or contact TBA Meetings Coordinator Therese Byrne, 615-277-3208, with any questions.

Memphis leaders will unveil a proclamation designating October as Pro Bono Month at a ceremony on Tuesday. Mayor Jim Strickland and Director of Legislative Affairs and Assistant Mayor David McKinney will present the proclamation at 10:30 a.m. at the Hall of Mayors in City Hall. Find other Celebrate Pro Bono events on the TBA website.

Lipscomb University’s HumanDocs Film Series will feature “Do Not Resist” – a film that examines the militarization of law enforcement – Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the university's Shamblin Theater. The documentary analyzes events in Ferguson, Missouri, follows a South Carolina SWAT team and explores controversial surveillance technologies. Following the screening, Metro Nashville Public Defender Dawn Deaner, retired Metro Police commander Bob Nash and former prosecutor Preston Shipp will discuss the issues raised by the film. The screening is free and open to the public.

Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeff Bivins will have a ceremonial swearing in with Gov. Bill Haslam at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the historic Supreme Court chambers in the state Capitol. The event is open to the public. Bivins was unanimously elected chief by the other members of the court last month. He was officially sworn in by Justice Connie Clark during the Equal Justice University conference in August. Read more from the court.

The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands and the Nashville Coalition Against Domestic Violence will hold the annual “Meet Us at the Bridge” event Saturday at 1 p.m. in Nashville to kick-off Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The event, held on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, honors those who have lost their lives to domestic violence in the last year. Awards also will be presented to those who have done outstanding work in the fight to end domestic violence. The Waller law firm will be recognized for its work with the Civil-Legal Advocate Program (CLAP), a partnership between Legal Aid and the Metro Office of Family Safety that provides free legal representation to domestic violence victims.