Through Nov. 4, StudioTenn will present the classic play 12 Angry Men at the historic Williamson County Courthouse in downtown Franklin. Retired Judge Russ Heldman presides over the production. The company’s director says he is excited about challenging the boundaries between actor and audience, and creating a new level of interactivity and intimacy made possible by the venue. Buy tickets at the Franklin Theater Box Office, (615) 538-2076 or online at StudioTenn.com. Or learn more from Williamson Source.

A forum titled “Inalienable Rights: Civil Rights and Social Justice” will be presented at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga Tuesday with a reception at 5 p.m., followed by a program with William C. Killian, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Killian will speak on the topic Understanding Civil Rights in Today’s Diverse Society. The discussion will be moderated by Beverly Cosley with the Chattanooga Office of Multicultural Affairs. Read more about the event on Chattanoogan.com

Celebrate Pro Bono events continue Tuesday with a seminar in Nashville designed to help lawyers avoid costly mistakes when handling real property issues in divorce, elder law and probate cases. The session, co-hosted by the Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission and Vanderbilt University Law School, will run from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and from 2:15 to 4:30 p.m. The event will take place in the school’s Flynn Auditorium, 131 21st Ave. South, Nashville 37203. Contact Kelly Murray for details.

The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law will mark its 50th anniversary with a celebration tomorrow hosted by the Law Alumni Chapter. A VIP reception featuring singer-songwriter Caroline Jones will kick off the event, followed by a live music revue and documentary film telling the story of the law school’s history. Information and tickets are available online. Contact Wendy Sumner-Winter at (901) 678-1562 or wsumner1@memphis.edu for details.

Law firms in East Tennessee are invited to an informational meeting, sponsored by the Tennessee Access to Justice Commission's Pro Bono Advisory Committee and the Knoxville Bar Association's Access to Justice Committee, to learn more about the "Pillar Law Firm Model" -- a program designed to increase firm involvement in pro bono services. Attendees will hear from Terry Woods, director of the Pro Bono Project for Legal Aid of East Tennessee; Access to Justice Commission Chair Buck Lewis; and representatives from firms who are participating in the program. The event will be held Oct. 30 from 4 to 5:15 p.m., at the University of Tennessee College of Law, Room 237, 1505 W. Cumberland Ave. For more information, contact Wynne du Mariau Caffey.

As part of the East Tennessee History Center’s Brown Bag Lecture series, this Wednesday at noon Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee will present “American Heroes with Common Bonds: Story of Five American Soldiers held as German POWs,” a compelling lecture detailing the story of solders captured and held as prisoners of war by the Germans in World World II. If you or someone you know has a family member who was a prisoner of war,  contact Justice Lee to share information about that person. She can be reached by email or by phone at (865) 594-6707.

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will be the first speaker in this year’s SBA Speaker Series hosted by the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys Law School in conjunction with the University of Memphis International Law Students Association. Gonzales will speak on “Public Service and the Law.” The event will be held at noon Wednesday in the law school’s Historic Courtroom. Read the full press release here.

The University of Tennessee Knoxville chapter of Amnesty International will host Robert D. Bullard, the “father of environmental justice,” Knoxnews reports. One of the nations top scholars on environment justice, racism, and corporate accountability, Bullard will speak tonight at 7 p.m in the University Center Auditoirium. It is free and open to the public.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan will take part in a public discussion with University of Tennessee College of Law Dean Doug Blaze during a Friday visit to the school. The event will take place at 1 p.m. in the Cox Auditorium. The presentation will kick off the law school’s new Richard Rose Distinguished Jurist in Residence Program. According to Blaze, Kagan was asked to be the inaugural speaker because she is the justice assigned to the Sixth Circuit, which includes Tennessee. As previously reported in TBA Today, Kagan also will preside over the final round of the law school’s moot court competition while in town for the event. The UT Daily Beacon has details

The Tennessee Bar Association, Lipscomb University's Institute for Law, Justice & Society and the First Amendment Center will hold a public forum on the issue of free speech and civility tomorrow evening from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Lipscomb's Ezell Center. A public viewing of the Presidential Debate will follow at 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served and free parking is available. Read media coverage of the event from News Channel 9 in Nashville and WATE News 6 in Knoxville.