PROGRAMS FOR 2020-2021
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Can the Government Do That? Legal Issues Raised by
Government Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
(responsible for May Toast) CLE Program (1.5 general hours)
Sherie Edwards, Co-Captain
Anne Martin, Co-Captain
Tayo Atanda, reporter
Chasity Goodner, liaison
Sam Boukli
Alison Grippo
Ryan Haynes
Laura Heiman
Lisa Helton
Quynh-Anh Kibler
Andrea McCoy
Melissa Mitchell
Luther Wright
OCTOBER 20, 2020
How Much Judicial Deference is Too Much?
(responsible for March Toast) CLE Program (1.5 general hours)
Eli Richardson, Co-Captain
Sarah Campbell, Co-Captain
Rachelle Gallimore-Scruggs, reporter
Bill Koch, liaison
Rascoe Dean
Jackie Dixon
Ellen Hendrickson
Pat Moskal
Bart Pickett
Edmund Sauer
Marie Scott
Latonya Todd
Connor Webber
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
ABA Resolution No. 115: Improving Access to Justice? Or Handing Over
the Reins of Civil Litigation to Special Interests
(responsible for February Toast) CLE Program (1.5 dual hours)
Joycelyn Stevenson, Co-Captain
Ben Harrison, Co-Captain
Emily Mack, reporter
Bill Ramsey, liaison
Kathryn Barnett
Alan Bean
Rachel Berg
Daniel Clayton
Ryan Everette
Jennifer Foster
Chip Frensley
Michael McGee
Liz Sitgreaves
Stephanie Williams
DECEMBER 15, 2020
The Efficacy of State and Federal Collateral Challenges
to State Criminal Convictions
(responsible for January Toast) CLE Program (1.5 general hours)
Alistair Newbern, Co-Captain
Dominic Leonardo, Co-Captain
Seanna Brandmeir, reporter
Sue Kay, liaison
Andrae Crismon
Michele Hodges
Lynne Ingram
Martisha Johnson
Melinda Kirkham
Andrew Merritt
Danielle Nellis
Rob Peal
Mary Stoner
JANUARY 19, 2021
Tennessee’s Approach to a Prosecutor’s Duty
to Disclose Exculpatory Evidence
(responsible for September Toast) CLE Program (1.5 dual hours)
Skip Gant, Co-Captain
Jason Gichner, Co-Captain
Lauren Kilgore, reporter
Chris Sabis, liaison
Angie Dalton
Ronald Dowdy
Philip Elbert
Mandy Floyd
Michele Foreman
Tanner Gibson
Nicole Keefe
Ed Lanquist
Lindsay Smith
John Spragens
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
The African American Attorneys Who Got Into
“Good Trouble” in Nashville
(responsible for October Toast) CLE Program (1.5 general hours)
Richard Dinkins, Co-Captain
Erin Palmer Polly, Co-Captain
Ryan Davis, reporter
Bill Koch, liaison
Allison Cooley
Waverly Crenshaw
Candace Fox
Tom Haroldson
Brittani Kendrick
Liz Leiserson
Ryan Loofbourrow
Rebekah Shulman
Emily Slifkin
Kelli Woodward
MARCH 16, 2021
Understanding the Complicated Landscape
of Civil War Monuments
(responsible for November Toast) CLE Program (1.5 general hours)
Neal McBrayer, Co-Captain
Candi Henry, Co-Captain
Ashonti Davis, reporter
Jackie Dixon, liaison
Bernadette Welch, liaison
Donald Capparella
Heather Curliss
Katharine Fischman
James Haltom
Barbara Holmes
Hannah Lackey
Judy Lojek
Paul McAdoo
Sydney Raines
Laylah Smith
Allegra Walker
APRIL 20, 2021
30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
MAY 18, 2021
State of Tennessee v. Duncan Cooper and Robin Cooper
(responsible for December Toast) CLE Program (1.5 general hours)
Hank Hildebrand, Co-Captain
Dawn Deaner, Co-Captain
Christen Blackburn, reporter
Matt Sweeney, liaison
Stephanie Brake
Rebecca Castañeda
Benjamin Glover
Charles Grant
Callie Hinson
Valerie Moore
Maggie Reidy
Melissa Van Pelt
Ed Yarbrough