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Friday, June 25, 2021
Belmont's Fiction Workshop Produces Another Winning Short Story
Stephanie Celada, a rising 3L at Belmont University College of Law, is the winner of the school's second annual Legal Fiction Workshop for her story, “Diminished Capacity.” The piece tells the story of a young attorney struggling with the fallout of a complicated ethical decision. Celada’s story was chosen by an outside reader panel, through an anonymized review process. Belmont’s Legal Fiction Workshop is conducted over the Spring semester as an extracurricular activity for a limited number of 2Ls and 3Ls, and is taught by Professor Kristi Arth, who designed the workshop as an incubator and space for students to produce creative work capable of publication. Read the winning entry and more about the award from Belmont.
You Can't 'Lawyer' Your Way Out of Chemical Brain Diseases
"Asking for help is not easy," Buddy Stockwell writes in his upcoming, new column for the Tennessee Bar Journal. "Not just for lawyers and judges but for all people, fear and stigma are at the core of why most people are reticent to reach out for help with mental health issues: fear of being judged; fear that adversaries will obtain and use information against you; and, fear of losing control of the situation." Stockwell, who is executive director of the Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program (TLAP), digs into why this happens and how lawyers and judges can seek anonymous help, in the first installment of "The Buddy System." The column, "Asking for Help: You Can't 'Lawyer' Your Way Out of Chemical Brain Diseases" is in the July/August issue, out next week. Welcome to our line-up, Buddy!
TBA 'Hybrid' Convention is Business as Usual
The TBA Convention last week, held in Memphis and online, was filled with CLE, meetings, laughter and fist bumps. At the Lawyers Lunch there was a celebration of Michelle Greenway Sellers’ year as president, the presentation of awards to Tennessee lawyers for their service to the profession and the public, and the swearing in of new TBA President Sherie Edwards. Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Bivins administered the oath of office. Edwards announced a number of initiatives for the year including a continued focus on attorney wellness and diversity, new programs to help lawyers “work smarter, not harder” and more. You can read the details in the July/August issue of the TBJ, which is out next week.
TBJ's Highest Honor for Legal Writing Excellence Goes to Pinckley
And speaking of the convention and awards given there, Nashville lawyer Todd Pinckley was presented with the prestigious Justice Joseph W. Henry Award for Outstanding Legal Writing. The award was established nearly 40 years ago and is given each year to the lawyer “who writes the most outstanding article that is published in the ... Tennessee Bar Journal for the preceding year." This year’s winning article is “The Right to Remain Silent: Law Enforcement and the Duty to Intervene,” which you may remember from the November/December 2020 issue. The award was presented at the annual Lawyers Luncheon.
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