Bryan Stevenson, New York Times Best Selling Author of “Just Mercy," will be the featured speaker at the upcoming 25th anniversary celebration of the Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office. Stevenson is the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, and a professor of law at New York University School of Law. The event is planned for Nov. 9, 7 – 9:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Knoxville. Tickets can be purchased online. 

Daily and weekly passes can be purchased for the 2015 Knoxville Sentinel Open, planned for Aug. 17-23 at the Fox Den Country Club, to benefit Legal Aid of East Tennessee. Daily passes are $10; weekly passes are $25. Designate Legal Aid of East Tennessee at the bottom of your order form. Use this link for your purchase. 

Lipscomb University’s next legal clinic will be held Aug. 18 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at St. James Missionary Baptist Church, 600 28th Ave. North, Nashville. For more information contact Randy Spivey with the school’s Institute for Law, Justice and Society at (615) 966-2503 or randy.spivey@lipscomb.edu.

The Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure will hold a meeting Friday at the Administrative Office of the Courts, 511 Union St., Suite 600, in Nashville. The meeting is open to the public and scheduled for 9 – 11 a.m. For more information contact Jeana Hendrix at (615) 741-2687 or jeana.hendrix@tncourts.gov.

Tennessee attorneys interested in being admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court can sign up now for the annual TBA Academy this December. Now in its 32 year, the Academy offers an exciting opportunity to take part in a private swearing in ceremony before the court, along with a reception, Supreme Court tour and celebration dinner. A special block of hotel rooms has been reserved at The Hay Adams Hotel for the Dec. 1-2 event.

The McMinn County Sheriff’s Department is partnering with Tennessee Wesleyan College to offer a Citizen’s Law Enforcement Academy this fall, Chattanoogan.com reports. The free academy will focus on the policies and operations of criminal justice agencies.

CASA Nashville hosts its Ninth Annual ACC vs. SEC vs. BIG10 Alumni Golf Tournament this Friday at Gaylord Springs Golf Links. The four-person scramble is $175 per person and includes prizes, lunch, cocktails and dinner with guest speaker Phillip Fulmer. The action on the links begins at 1 p.m. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Get more information and tickets.

Registration for the 2015 Equal Justice University (EJU) conference will close next Wednesday. Attendees will hear from national speakers such as Eric Carlson, with Justice in Aging; the National Employment Law Project's Rebecca Dixon; Camille Holmes with the National Legal Aid and Defender Association; and Georgetown University law professor David Super. EJU is hosted by the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services and co-sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association.

The Williamson County District Attorney’s office is sponsoring a “Hot Dog Fundraiser” for Brightstone, which provides work and social support for adults with special needs. The event will take place next Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The district attorney’s office is located a 421 Main St., Suite 102 in Franklin.

Vanderbilt University’s undergraduate mock trial program is looking for attorneys, judges, paralegals and law students to volunteer at its annual Grand Ole Tournament set for Nov. 7-8 at the Davidson County Courthouse in Nashville. This year’s tournament will feature teams from Vanderbilt, Yale, Princeton, Duke and NYU. For more information or to volunteer contact Johannes Fischer, (615) 512-3204, or register online.