05/01/24 The Tennessee Supreme Court and the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) appreciate the work of the General Assembly in the 2024 Legislative Session, especially the approval of $8...
05/01/24 Courtesy of: The National Judicial College After 22 years of teaching judges, Tennessee Senior Judge Don Ash will retire as a regular faculty member at the National Judicial College....
04/30/24 Chief Deputy Clerk Lisa Marsh remembers her first day working in the clerk’s office of the Tennessee Supreme Court, 25 years ago. “I didn’t even know where the Supreme Court Bu...
04/22/24 Judge Wheeler A. Rosenbalm Retired Sixth Judicial District Circuit Court, Division III, Judge Wheeler A. Rosenbalm passed away on April 21. “Judge Rosenbalm was a very good man,...
04/22/24 The Tennessee Supreme Court announced, today, that starting with the July 2027 administration of the bar examination, law school graduates applying to become licensed attorneys in Tenn...
https://www.tncourts.gov/press/2024/04/22/tennessee-supreme-court-adopts-updated-bar-examination
04/18/24 The Trial Court Vacancy Commission will consider nine applicants when it meets Tuesday, May 21 in Gallatin to select nominees for a circuit court judge vacancy in the 18th Judicial Dis...
04/17/24 The Trial Court Vacancy Commission will consider five applicants when it meets Monday, May 20 in Columbia to select nominees for a circuit court judge vacancy in the 22nd Judicial Dis...
04/10/24 Nashville, Tenn.- The Tennessee Supreme Court appointed two new members to serve on the Access to Justice Commission beginning on April 1, 2024. The new members are Junaid Odubeko an...
04/08/24 Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court today held that a plaintiff may go forward with claims of direct negligence against a business even after the business admits it is ind...
04/04/24 Tennessee Supreme Court Justices meet with students at UofM The University of Memphis honored Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Roger A. Page as an Outstanding Law Alumni for his serv...
https://www.tncourts.gov/news/2024/04/04/university-memphis-honors-justice-roger-page
04/01/24 The Tennessee Supreme Court will be at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law to hear three cases in the Historic Courtroom April 3, 2024. The first two cases will ...
03/28/24 The Trial Court Vacancy Commission is accepting applications for a Circuit Court Judge in the 18th Judicial District, which covers Sumner county. This vacancy was created by the newly-...
03/28/24 Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County General Sessions Court Judge Lynda Jones was honored over the weekend with the 2024 WWRN Political Woman Award for her outstanding commitment to ...
https://www.tncourts.gov/news/2024/03/28/judge-lynda-jones-honored-women-who-rock-award
03/27/24 The Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission is partnering with West Tennessee Legal Services and the Tennessee Governor’s Faith Based and Community Initiative to host a ...
03/27/24 The Trial Court Vacancy Commission is accepting applications for a Circuit Court Judge in the 22nd Judicial District, which covers Maury, Giles, Lawrence, and Wayne counties. This vaca...
03/15/24 The Tennessee Supreme Court today presented its Technology Strategic Plan for Tennessee’s judicial system. The plan, developed by the Court System Information Technology Oversight ...
03/12/24 Judge Mary L. Wagner was officially confirmed Monday, March 11, 2024, by the General Assembly as the newest justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court. Justice-designate Wagner was appoint...
https://www.tncourts.gov/press/2024/03/12/wagner-confirmed-tennessee-supreme-court-justice
03/07/24 The Tennessee Supreme Court has abolished a common law rule that required testimony of a criminal defendant’s accomplice to be supported by other evidence. The Court’s opinion ab...
03/06/24 The Board of Judicial Conduct issued an order of suspension of Sullivan County Circuit Court Judge William K. Rogers. Read the order here .
03/04/24 The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) has named Samantha Fisher as communications director. In this role, Fisher will serve as spokesperson for the Supreme Court of Tennessee a...
https://www.tncourts.gov/press/2024/03/04/aoc-names-samantha-fisher-communications-director
02/23/24 Judge McClarty In Honor of Black History Month, Tennessee Court Talk features an interview with Court of Appeals Judge John McClarty. Judge McClarty recently wrote a book entitl...
https://www.tncourts.gov/tennessee-court-talk-podcast-episode-dreamer-judge-john-mcclarty
02/20/24 The Tennessee Supreme Court has two cases set for its February 21, 2024 docket. The two cases will be heard in Nashville, Tennessee, beginning at 9:00 a.m. CST. The cases will be liv...
02/20/24 The Board of Judicial Conduct issued a public reprimand of Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Skahan. Read the reprimand here.
02/16/24 The Tennessee Supreme Court today held that an arbitration agreement signed by a power of attorney as part of the paperwork for admittance to an assisted living facility was not a heal...
02/16/24 The Tennessee Supreme Court today reversed the decision of a Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility hearing panel suspending the law license of Nashville attorney Brian Manooki...