March 21: Nashville - Judicial Selection at the Crossroads: How Tennessee Picks Its Judges #MCLE

Please join the ACS Nashville Chapter for a lunchtime panel discussion on state courts in conjunction with the Justice At Risk conference at Vanderbilt Law School. You can learn more about the Justice at Risk report, and ACS’s other work protecting fair and impartial state courts here.
Attendees of the lunchtime program are invited to attend a roundtable discussion on judicial elections, campaign finance and judicial recusal and disqualification. The roundtable will begin immediately after the lunchtime panel, and feature leading academic and policy experts, advocates for fair courts and judges including Judge N. Randy Smith of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and Nashville’s own Martha C. Daughtrey of the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

Title:
Judicial Selection at the Crossroads: How Tennessee Picks Its Judges
When/Where:
Friday, March 21, 2014
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Vanderbilt Law School
131 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN.
Speakers:

• Charles K. Grant, Shareholder, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.; President, Nashville Bar Association
• Margaret L. Behm,Partner, Donson Parker, Behm & Capparella P.C.; Former Chair, Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission
• Rep. Michael G. Stewart, Attorney, Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, PLLC; Tennessee General Assembly, D-Nashville, District 52
• Tom Lawless, Founding Partner, Lawless & Associates, P.C.; Chair, Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments; Treasurer, Tennesseans Concerned for Fair Courts
• Moderated by: Debra Erenberg, Director of State Affairs, Justice at Stake.

By:
The Nashville Chapter of the American Constitution Societ.
Credit:
1.5 hours of Tennessee CLE available at no charge.
Cost:
Free
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