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December 14, 2016
Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 13 authorizes the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to enter into contracts for representation of indigent persons by attorneys working on various types of cases, including representation of indigent respondents facing involuntary emergency judicial…
December 13, 2016
On Friday, December 2, the Administrative Office of the Courts held a regional meeting in Jackson, Tenn. focused on the Court Interpreter Credentialing Program. Participants learned the procedure for becoming a credentialed court interpreter in Tennessee and the growing need for court…
December 13, 2016
The Supreme Court honored Attorneys for Justice in the Tri-Cities and Memphis this week as part of its pro bono recognition program. Attorneys from East Tennessee were recognized by Chief Justice Jeffrey Bivins as part of Legal Aid of East Tennessee’s (LAET) “Celebrate Pro Bono Dinner” on…
December 12, 2016
Lane College, in Jackson, Tennessee will be the site of the November 2017 Supreme Court Advancing Legal Education for Students (SCALES) project.Lane College, founded in 1882 by one of the nation’s early African American church denominations, is a small, private, co-educational institution that…
December 8, 2016
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia Clark was the keynote speaker at the Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals Conference in Chattanooga, being held December 7-9.Justice Clark noted many highlights in the last four years of the program, including the name change from drug court to…
December 6, 2016
From Chattanoogan.comChattanooga will host the Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals conference on Dec. 7-9 at the Chattanooga Convention Center."TN Drug Courts…
December 1, 2016
The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) announced today that Jill G. Frost, Nashville attorney and former American Red Cross spokesperson, will serve as Director of Communications for the statewide court system beginning December 1, 2016. One of Frost’s primary responsibilities will be…
November 30, 2016
From the The TennesseanThe Department of Children's Services is edging closer to operating independently for the first time in 15 years, without the federal…
November 29, 2016
From the Knoxville News SentinelKnoxville County Juvenile Court Judge Tim Irwin presides over more terminations of parental rights cases than any other judge in Tennessee.…
November 28, 2016
From WBIR.comSome East Tennessee children will be celebrating the holidays with the best present of all this year – a new family and a place to call home.National Adoption Day is held…
November 28, 2016
From The TennesseanFor years she was trafficked, sold to others for sex by her husband. The woman said she used drugs, leading to an addiction, and was…
November 22, 2016
The Access to Justice Commission's Tennessee Faith & Justice Alliance partnered with the Music City Community Court to host an Expungement Clinic in Davidson County on Saturday, November 19, 2016. The event was held in the Andrew Jackson Residential Community at the Andrew Jackson Boys and…
December 8, 2016
From the Ofice of the GovernorTennessee Gov. Bill Haslam issued the following statement on the nomination of Rep. Beth Harwell to another term as speaker of the House of Representatives:“Speaker Harwell has been central to the conservative leadership of…
November 22, 2016
From the Ofice of the GovernorTennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today issued the following statement on the nomination of Sen. Randy McNally for lieutenant governor:“I want to congratulate Sen. Randy McNally on his unanimous nomination for lieutenant governor and…
November 28, 2016
From LIPSCOMBnow: November 19
More than 250 judges, attorneys, elected officials, college presidents, ministers, faculty, students and friends gathered Saturday evening, Nov. 12, at Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Arts to…
November 28, 2016
Director Tate joined The Day on the Hill with over 500 Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature delegates representing over 44 college and universities.This program offers college students the opportunity to learn about state government, the political process, and to appreciate other viewpoints.…
November 28, 2016
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…
December 7, 2016
At 4:00 p.m., on Monday, December 19, 2016, the portrait of former Chief Justice Gary Wade will be unveiled in the courtroom of the Knoxville Supreme Court. Members of the bench and bar are invited to attend. A reception will follow.
November 17, 2016
Attorneys and community leaders gathered November 16, 2016 at the home of Colleen Conway Welch to celebrate the “A Step Ahead of Middle Tennessee” Program with founder Claudia Haltom, attorney and former Juvenile Magistrate from Memphis.The event honored one of the founding Board members (the…
November 16, 2016
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that the Drug-Free School Zone Act does not apply when a defendant is convicted of facilitating the sale of drugs in a school zone.In 2008, police raided a house in Davidson County where Stanley Bernard Gibson was visiting his girlfriend and found two duffel…