TBA Young Lawyers Division

Volunteers are needed for 3 free legal clinics from @LASMTC this week. Get dates and times online @ las.org/find-help/free…. To volunteer email Kendra Cheek at kcheek@las.org.

Thank you to the Nashville office of law firm @ConstangyLaw (Constangy Brooks, Smith & Prophete) for sponsoring the 2023 Class of the Diversity Leadership Institute! We appreciate your support for Tennessee law students!

TN lawyers recently visited state & federal officials to talk about issues important to the legal profession. Last week's TBA Day on the Hill and this week's @ABAesq Day provided opportunities to educate lawmakers. #ABADay @ABAGrassroots @BlakneyTasha @immigrationista @barrymon

Thank you to our sponsors @BelmontLaw, Lincoln Memorial University @LMUtweets & @LMULaw and all the judges, attorneys and law students who volunteered for Mock Trial 2023! We could not do it without you! #tnmock23

Thanks TBA Pres @BlakneyTasha, YLD Pres Brittany Faith @immigrationista & final round jury for support of #tnmocktrial! Back r: Alex McVeagh, John Wilks, Darius Walker, Ross Smith, Sean Aiello, Quinton Thompson. Front r: Blakney, Faith, Jim Berry, Sherri Edwards, Jennifer Sneed.

Congratulations to @MontgomeryBell - our 2023 state high school mock trial champions!! Hats off to runner up Signal Mountain High School @SMMHSEagles and all the teams that competed at #tnmock23.

@TennesseeBar @J_Stevenson017 Thank you for all your support over the last few years Joycelyn! The YLD will miss you!

The TBA’s beloved Executive Director Joycelyn Stevenson this week announced she will be resigning her post at the bar association and returning to Littler’s Nashville office where she will serve as the office managing shareholder! 1/2

@UTKLaw Congratulations Johnelle!

Law student Johnelle Simpson, who has served as the president of the Student Bar Association and is a student member of the UT Knoxville Advisory Board, has been selected as the university's outstanding graduate student for 2021.

@TennesseeBar President @BlakneyTasha stopped by the YLD Fall Meeting Saturday morning to talk about her initiatives for the year. Right: YLD President Brittany Faith @immigrationista at the happiest place on earth. @WaltDisneyWorld

First ever Southeastern States Young Lawyers Regional Summit is in the books! Thanks to our co-host states @StateBarofGA YLD & @LSBA_YLD, presenting sponsor @ABAYLD, and all our sponsors for a great event. #2022yldse

TBA's Comms Team travelled to Minnesota last week for the 2022 @NABE_News Communications Section conference where they studied up on innovative ways to better reach mbrs! TBA's BarBuzz podcast was recognized with a top media award from the national communications group! Go team!

Welcome to Laura Labenberg, the new TBA Young Lawyers Division & Law Student Coordinator. She previously was a rhetoric professor, ED of an educational nonprofit and a grants & conference coordinator. She earned her PhD in educational leadership & policy studies from Hofstra.

The TBA Young Lawyers Division @tbayld is proud to be a sponsor of the @NashvilleBar Association's 2022 Diversity Summit, set for Sept. 9 at @BelmontLaw. Come be part of the discussion!

It’s time to introduce the glue that holds everything at TBA together! For this week’s #TeamTBA, meet Executive Director Joycelyn Stevenson! Joycelyn directs + manages operations, strategic planning, staffing + program development for over 12,000 mbrs + the Board of Governors.

Welcome future lawyers!!!

Congratulations and welcome!!!

Congrats to former TBA YLD President and TBA YLD Fellow Danny Van Horn!

TBA leaders representing in Chicago!

Meet TBA’s Director of Finance & Accounting Derrick Dishner! Derrick oversees the processing of payables, budgeting + monthly financial reporting. Best part of his job? Knowing he's “nurturing the financial health of the organization to keep it healthy for another 100 years!"