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.

Chief Deputy of the Washington County Probate Court Gary Walters is retiring. He is being honored with a reception on April 2 at the Washington County Justice Center from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Race Judicata 5K benefiting Memphis Area Legal Services will be held Saturday at Mississippi River Park in Memphis. Check-in starts at 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Contact Preston Battle for more information.

Registration is now open for the 2015 TBA Annual Convention. Join your colleagues June 17-20 in Memphis for the 134th edition of this gathering. Memphis is all about the Blues, and this year’s TBA Annual Convention will take you on a grand tour. You’ll sample Blues you can use, Blues that will make you a better lawyer and Blues you can listen to and feel.

The Upper Cumberland Young Lawyers Association (UCYLA) will hold a legal clinic in Monterey on March 26 to assist anyone dealing with legal issues resulting from recent ice storms. The event will run from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Monterey City Hall (municipal building), located at 302 E. Commercial Ave. 38574. To volunteer for the clinic contact UCYLA President Tessa Lawson, (931) 372-1972. Download a flyer to share or post.

Legal scholar Symeon C. Symeonides will speak at the University of Memphis at noon on March 24 in Wade Auditorium. Symeonies, who holds the Alex L. Parks Distinguished Chair in Law and Dean Emeritus at Willamette University School of Law in Oregon, will present “Codifying Choice of Law around the World: The Last Fifty Years.”  For more information or to RSVP, contact Ryan Jones. 

Join CASA Nashville volunteers and staff on March 27 to celebrate Executive Director Jane Andrews’ retirement. Andrews has served CASA for nearly a decade, doubling the size of contributions and increasing reach to serve the more than 2,000 children in need in Davidson County. The event is at 601 Woodlands St. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Madison County CASA will host a fundraiser at The Burrito Meal Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Ten percent of each order will go to support CASA. Visit the CASA website for more information. 

The University of Memphis School of Law and the Institute for Health Law & Policy will hold a symposium Friday on “Building Blocks for a Healthier Community.” The event will feature remarks from Sharon Z. Roerty with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; lawyer Marice Ashe, founder of ChangeLab Solutions; and Elizabeth Tobin-Taylor, an attorney and assistant professor of health services, policy and practice at Brown University School of Public Health. The event is free and open to the public.

Baker Donelson will host a movie screening and book signing at its Nashville office this Thursday in conjunction with the Nashville Public Television and Black History Month. At 5:30 p.m., the firm will show American Denial – the story of researcher and Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal. Following the screening, Baker Donelson senior counsel Chervis Isom will discuss his autobiography, The Newspaper Boy, which tells the story of a teenager’s journey to racial tolerance in 1950s and 1960s Birmingham. RSVP by March 18.