Memphis Area Legal Services (MALS) will host its annual fundraiser, the Justice for All Ball, on Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. CDT. The event will be held at the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education in Memphis and will feature dinner from Chef Phillip Dewayne and entertainment from the Stax Music Academy Band, the Beale Street Flippers and the PC Band. Proceeds from the event will benefit MALS and support attorneys offering pro bono legal services to the underserved population in Memphis. For more information contact, please contact Kavron Bibbs-Newman, 901-255-3452. Read more here.

The American Bar Association Section of Science & Technology Law will hold its 2022 AI and Robotics National Institute virtually next week on Monday and Tuesday. The event, now in its fourth year, will focus on key technical concepts in artificial intelligence and robotics including data protection, machine learning, the metaverse, AI best practices, intellectual property, AI and robotics ethical obligations, and legal and ethical issues around lab-grown brains. Learn more about the program or register here.

The Knoxville Bar Association and its Barristers group will welcome new lawyers to the practice at an event on Oct. 20 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. EDT at the University of Tennessee Gardens Friendship Pavilion. The evening, which also will serve as a member appreciation event, will include refreshments, music and good company. Tickets are available for $15 each before Oct. 14 and $20 per ticket after that. New bar admittees and their guest will receive complimentary registration. The pavilion is located at 2518 Jacob Drive, Knoxville 37996. RSVP here.

The Tennessee Judicial Conference Foundation will hold the 22nd Annual Dick Jerman Memorial Golf Tournament on Oct. 24 at Indian Hills Golf Course, 405 Calumet Trace, Murfreesboro 37127. The event is co-sponsored by the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association and the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. Money raised will benefit the foundation’s scholarship fund. For more information contact Judge Don Ash at 615-295-2518, Jessie Snider, 731-660-1529 or Suzanne Keith, 615-739-7716.

The Tennessee Department of Revenue will host a free webinar on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. CDT to discuss state tax obligations and resources for new businesses in Tennessee. Learn more about the program or register here.

A portrait unveiling will take place Monday for former Shelby County Circuit Court Judge James F. Russell. The event will be held at the Memphis Botanic Garden from 4-5:30 p.m. CDT. Russell, who decided not to seek reelection this year, was appointed to the court in 1998. A 1970 graduate of the University of Memphis School of Law, he was in private practice at Apperson, Crump, Duzane & Maxwell before joining the court. While serving as a judge, Russell received the Memphis Bar Association’s 2000 Charles A. Rond Outstanding Judge of the Year Award and served on the Judicial Ethics Committee and Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission. He is a former chair of the Tennessee Judicial Conference’s ADR Committee, program chair of the Leo Bearman Sr. American Inn of Court and president of the Memphis Bar Association.

Save the date for the Memphis Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, which is scheduled for Dec. 8 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. CST at the Memphis Botanic Garden. Watch for more details coming soon.

The Arts & Business Council's Volunteer Lawyers and Professionals for the Arts is joining the law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in providing free legal services for Black-owned small businesses and nonprofits at a clinic on Oct. 20. Issues to be covered include questions about business formation, corporate governance, contract review and navigating local ordinances and state regulations. Eligible businesses may receive up to one hour of assistance but must register by Oct. 17. Clients may sign up online. To volunteer, email vlpa@abcnashville.org.

The Knoxville Bar Association will hold its Fall Memorial Service on Nov. 18 at 3 p.m. EST in the Tennessee Supreme Court Courtroom. The KBA will remember those who died recently. That group includes: Michael L. DeBusk, Myron C. Ely, Judge Andrew J. Evans Jr., Anna Carylon Fox Hinds, James J. Montague Jr., George W. Morton Jr., Linda Jean Hamilton Mowles, Judge Robert P. Murrian, James “Jim” Anthony Ridley III, Robert E. Simpson, Thomas Gary Slaughter, Judge Charles D. Susano Jr., Lynn Paula Talley, Karmen Latrice Waters and Patty Wheeler. Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon G. Lee and Rev. Charles Fels will join KBA President Jason Long in honoring the lives of these individuals.

A portrait unveiling and reception honoring Davidson Circuit Court Judge Hamilton Gayden will take place Oct. 20 at the historic county courthouse in downtown Nashville. The event will be held on the fifth floor from 3-5 p.m. CDT. Gayden decided last year not to seek reelection in 2022. He was appointed in 1974 by then-Gov. Winfield Dunn and served 47 years on the bench. "It's been an honor and a privilege to serve the citizens of Davidson County,” Gayden said in a statement. “I will miss being on the bench but at 82 years old, it is time to hand the gavel over to a younger judge." View an invitation for the event.