The Conference for Single Parents Rearing At-Risk Males, a new three-day program implemented by Davidson County Juvenile Court Judge Sheila Calloway, will offer training for 250 parents of at-risk males referred to Building Families and Communities Missions. The program is planned for Dec. 11-13 in Nashville. For more information, including a program schedule, contact BFC Missions at 615-498-4669.

Chattanooga City Attorney Wade Hinton and Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher will attend the Chattanooga Hamilton County NAACP General Membership Meeting today at 6 p.m. at their branch office. "We are asking all our members and supporters to join our Ban the Box and Criminal Justice Reform Campaign," officials said in The Chattanoogan. The office is located at 756 E. MLK Blvd.

The Chattanooga Bar Association (CBA) invites its members to “An Evening with the Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society and the Tennessee Supreme Court” on Nov. 18 from 6-8 p.m. EST at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga. CBA is hosting the event along with the Chattanooga Bar Foundation and the Brock/Cooper American Inn of Court. Please RSVP to CBA Executive Director Lynda Hood at 423-602-9429.  

Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings will host an Open House on Dec. 9 to celebrate its new location at The Freedom Cetner, 223 Rosa L. Parks Ave., Suite 200. The event is scheduled for 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 615-254-8801.

Three Tennessee Supreme Court justices will join Legal Aid of East Tennessee in recognizing the volunteer service of lawyers in Upper East Tennessee at an awards dinner Nov. 17 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Chief Justice Sharon G. Lee and Justices Cornelia A. Clark and Jeffrey S. Bivins will help honor lawyers who participated in LAET’s Pro Bono Project, along with those who achieved the distinction of “Attorneys for Justice” by providing more than 50 hours of volunteer legal services in their communities. Tickets are available for $50 per person.

Chattanooga’s Covenant College and the Center for Public Justice are co-hosting a program on predatory payday lending next Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. in Covenant's chapel, the Chattanoogan reports. Michael Gerson, syndicated columnist and former speech writer for President George W. Bush, will deliver the keynote address, offering a biblical perspective on payday loans and how Christians can respond to this growing issue of injustice.

“An Evening with the Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society and the Tennessee Supreme Court” is planned for Nov. 18 from 6-8 p.m. EST at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga. The event is hosted by the Chattanooga Bar Association, Chattanooga Bar Foundation and the Brock/Cooper American Inn of Court.  Please RSVP to CBA Executive Director Lynda Hood by e-mail or at 423-602-9429.  

The Knoxville Bar Association will host its Annual Membership Meeting on Dec. 11 at 8:30 a.m in the Main Assembly Room of the City County Building. A continental breakfast will be available at 8 a.m.

Scott Greytak, Policy Counsel for Justice at Stake, will speak at an event hosted by the American Constitution Society tomorrow at the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville, Room 241. Greytak is the lead author of Bankrolling the Bench; The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2013-2014. Lunch will be provided.

The the Supreme Court-appointed Indigent Representation Task Force has pushed back the start time of their Friday meeting in Nashville to noon due to the public funeral for former U.S. senator Fed Thompson. This is adjusted from the original start time of 9:30 a.m.