There are 8 article(s) tagged Memphis Bar Association:

• December 2024

  • Attorneys: Legal aid goes beyond the law, courts

    Memphis attorneys talk about the need for free legal representation and the barriers to it on “Behind The Headlines.”

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2024

• July 2024

  • Lawful lessons: Students learn about legal system

    Through an internship, teenagers get a taste of working in a private firm, corporate law division or government agency. They visit courtrooms, attend trials, hear motions and network with legal professionals. 

    By Julia Baker July 13, 2024

• March 2022

  • Sanford: From Memphis to Washington, Black women make their mark in the law

    Our society’s long-overdue reckoning with racial inequities is not a full-blown offensive to correct 246 years of racial disparities in America. It’s more like baby steps designed to start making our institutions more reflect the makeup of our population.

    By Otis Sanford March 24, 2022

• December 2021

  • Memphis Bar Association gavel passes from one pioneer to another

    Tannera Gibson becomes the Memphis Bar Association’s first Black female president. She succeeds Peter Gee, the organization’s first Asian American president.

    By Tom Bailey December 03, 2021

• July 2020

  • Opinion: A center combats bias among Shelby County decision-makers

    A few local, socially conscious judges acknowledged institutional problems with unconscious bias, and they spearheaded the founding of the Center for Excellence in Decision-Making.

    By Terrence O. Reed July 07, 2020

• June 2020

  • Memphis attorneys march against racism in legal system, community

    Attorneys in Memphis march against racism in the community and legal system during a "unity march."

    By Yolanda Jones June 24, 2020

• February 2020

  • Website connects low-income residents to legal help

    Three community legal groups will work together through the new 901 Legal Connect website to help low-income area residents with civil legal matters. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 06, 2020

• December 2019

  • Charlie Newman’s quiet influence profoundly changed Memphis

    The Memphis Bar Association gave its Judge Jerome Turner Lawyer's Lawyer Award to Charlie Newman, the conservationist-minded lawyer at Burch, Porter & Johnson whose work has changed the city's landscape. 

    By Jane Roberts December 12, 2019