The University of Tennessee College of Law will hold its spring hooding ceremony Friday at Thompson Boling Arena beginning at 5 p.m. Approximately 150 graduates will receive law degrees and hear from Ray Mabus, the U.S. Secretary of the Navy. Also on Friday, commencement exercises will take place beginning at 9 a.m. at Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville. The ceremony will take place on the Alumni Lawn or in case of inclement weather in the Memorial Gymnasium. On Thursday afternoon, the law school will host several receptions and an open house from 3 to 4:30 p.m. On Saturday, commencement ceremonies for 128 students from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law will begin at 3 p.m. at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. Addressing the graduates will be 2000 alumna Caroline Hunter, chair of the Federal Election Commission.

The Montgomery County Bar Association will host the annual Pat McCutchen Big Spittoon Golf Scramble this Friday. The event will be held at the Swan Lake Golf Course in Clarksville. Start time will be at 1:30 p.m. Contact MCBA President Erin S. Poland by email or phone at (931) 552-3475 to learn more.

The Chattanooga Bar Association will host its annual Law Day celebration on Thursday at the Sheraton Read House. The event will feature remarks from William T. "Bill" Robinson III, president of the American Bar Association; presentation of the 2012 Liberty Bell Award; announcement of the Law Day High School Essay Scholarship recipient; announcement of the 2012 class of Chattanooga Bar Foundation Fellows; and presentation of the Judge W. Neil Thomas III Paralegal Utilization Award. For more information contact the CBA at (423) 756-3222 or visit the association online.

The East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women (ETLAW) will celebrate Law Day with a luncheon on Wednesday at noon, with the justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court. The event will take place at the Foundry, 747 Worlds Fair Park Drive in Knoxville. The guest speaker is Judge Jane Branstetter Stranch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Email Terry Woods or call 865-384-2175 for more information. Download a copy of the invitation

At its 19th annual Recognition Dinner on June 1, Nashville School of Law will celebrate the contributions of Aubrey B. Harwell Jr., George A. Dean, Bill Stinnett, Bill Wilkinson, and the late Dean James Gilbert Lackey Jr. (1915-1987). During the gala at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel, Harwell will be presented the 2012 Community Service Award, Dean will be named the 2012 Distinguished Faculty Member, and Stinnett and Wilkinson will be jointly named 2012 Recognition Dinner Honorees. Lackey will be named the first “Legend of Nashville School of Law.”  Learn more from NSL

The Cecil C. Humphreys Law School will honor Professor Francis Gabor’s many contributions to the law school and the greater legal community at a memorial service on May 24 at 5 p.m. at the school. All are invited. Gabor, a Holocaust survivor, received his first law degree in Budapest, an LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and his law degree from Tulane. He joined the law school faculty in 1976 and died in March of this year. A fund has been established in his memory at the law school. Make checks payable to University of Memphis Foundation and mail to Department 238, U of M Foundation, P.O. Box 1000, Memphis, TN 38148-0001, with designation to the Professor Francis Gabor Fund.

Register now for the TBA’s 131st Annual Convention. Scheduled for June 6-9 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, the event is packed with interesting programming and fun activities. Highlights include a visit to the famed Stax Records Museum of American Soul Music, a Bench/Bar luncheon featuring Bill Courtney, the dynamic coach at the center of the Academy Award winning documentary “Undefeated,” and high-quality CLE programming on the new Code of Judicial Conduct, tips for growing your practice and more.

Dyer-Lake CASA is hosting its "Cupcakes for CASA" fundraising event May 11 at the King Mansion in Dyersburg from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event will feature "decadent desserts in an elegant setting" and a chance for attendees to help abused and neglected children. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased from several area retailers or by calling (731) 334-0192. The Dyersburg State Gazette has more.

Attorneys in upper East Tennessee will provide free wills for emergency responders on Saturday as part of the TBA Young Lawyers Division’s Wills for Heroes program. Event organizer and YLD District Representative Rachel Ralston says both attorney and non-attorney volunteers are still needed. The event takes place at the Washington County/Johnson City EMS Center at 296 Wesley St. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

The American Bar Association YLD is holding its spring meeting in Nashville this week and will be hosting a Project Salute Clinic on Friday from 2 to 4:30 p.m. The program, which is the group's primary public service initiative for the year, educates American veterans on the benefits available to them and helps them obtain those benefits. The program is being led this year by Nashville attorney Matt Potempa. To participate in the clinic, volunteer lawyers must be VA-accredited and complete a three-hour training session. To volunteer for the Nashville clinic, contact Knoxville lawyer Troy Weston at tweston@ebtlaw.com or (865) 544-2010.