Deborah Taylor Tate, Director of the AOC, recently spoke to Leadership Nashville's 2016 class at the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University. She shared insights from her governmental service and discussed not only the Tennessee Court system and Access to Justice issues but also new innovations by the Judiciary such as Recovery courts, the first Human Trafficking Court and a "Toddler Court" to reduce child fatalities. Tate also provided an overview of larger public policy issues focusing on government regulation of various communications, information and media entities. She was a former Co-Chair of programs and is an alumna of LN.