Twenty-first Judicial District Attorney Kim Helper will discuss legislation known as the “victim photo life bill” at the Williamson County Republican Career Woman’s Club meeting on Thursday, the Brentwood Home Page reports. The bill, HB1342, sponsored by Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver, R-Lancaster, would allow a photo of a dead victim while still living to be shown during a trial. Victim photos are not currently shown during trial because the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled such photos could potentially influence a jury. The group meets at 7 p.m. at the Brentwood Pointe II clubhouse.

This year’s signature TBA YLD public service project is a series of legal clinics and educational events to be held across the state. As envisioned by YLD President Rachel Moses, the events will take place during the first annual Access to Justice Week – the week leading up to and following Law Day 2015, which is observed on May 1. Lawyers of all ages are invited to participate.

Join Legal Aid of East Tennessee as it celebrates 50 years of bringing civil legal justice to the low income, elderly and abused people of East Tennessee. The event will be held 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on April 23 at the Foundry at World’s Fair Park. Seating is limited, please RSVP by Friday.

The 5th Annual Joint Conference on Juvenile Justice will be held Saturday at Austin Peay State University from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Montgomery County Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Task Force, Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth and the MerryInGOD Foundation will sponsor the conference. The event is free and open to the public. Business Clarksville has more.

The Montgomery County Veterans Treatment Court will have its graduation ceremony on April 21 at 1 p.m., hosted by the Honorable Judge Kenneth R. Goble Jr. and the treatment court team. The ceremony will take place at the Montgomery County Court Complex, Court Room 210 in Clarksville. Business Clarksville has more.

The annual “Tapas for Justice” fundraiser to benefit Justice for Our Neighbors will take place April 14, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the law offices of Baker Donelson in Nashville. Contact wade@tnjfon.org for more information.

Tennessee CASA will host its third annual CASA Conference May 1 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at New Vision Baptist Church in Murfreesboro. Session topics will include secondary trauma, child victim compensation, ?writing quality court reports and new rules in juvenile court.

Chief Magistrate Judge Diane Vescovo will be honored by The University of Memphis Alumni Association as part of its 2015 Distinguished Alumni Awards program welcoming 12th President Dr. M. David Rudd on April 11. Vescovo will be recognized as Distinguished Alumna for J. Millard Smith Illustrious Service to the University. RSVP by Thursday to alumniassociation@memphis.edu or call (901) 678-5016. 

Paul Butler, a nationally recognized expert on issues of race and criminal justice, will deliver the 2015 Charles H. Miller Lecture in Professional Responsibility at the University of Tennessee College of Law on April 13. The lecture, “Criminal Justice after Ferguson: Five Amazing Facts about Race and Crime, with Complete Proof,” will take place at noon in Room 132.

To mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the Chattanooga Bar Association has invited former White House head of the Special Investigations Unit Egil “Bud” Krogh to be the guest speaker at two Law Day events on May 1: the annual Law Day luncheon at noon and a morning session for high school seniors. Krogh will tell his story about his rise from young presidential counsel to his indictment and prison sentence for authorizing the burglary of Dr. Lewis Fielding’s office in an attempt to discredit Daniel Ellsberg, who released the Pentagon Papers without authorization. To attend the luncheon, contact the CBA at (423) 756-3222. Hamilton County Herald has more.