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Ethics Update 2025-26: Current Developments from the Board of Professional Responsibility: Join Heather Piper, Disciplinary Counsel with the Board of Professional Responsibility as she reviews the latest Ethics Updates from the BPR. This is a great opportunity to earn dual credit before December 31.

SAVE MONEY: Use the prepaid CLE credits that come with your TBA Complete Membership. Not a TBA member? Join now to start saving.

Mentors and Mocktails: Developing Lawyers, Developing Leaders: The TBA Mentoring Committee, in collaboration with the TBA Young Lawyers Division, will hold a special CLE and networking event "Mocktails and Mentorship" on Jan, 30, 2026, at Belmont University College of Law's Baskin Center.

Make plans now to join TBA President Heidi Barcus, Marshall County General Sessions Court Judge Lee Bussart, University of Tennessee Winston College of Law professor Joan Heminway, Amy Schmisseur, chair of Belmont University's College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Joseph Hubbard with Polsinelli and Toyin Edogun with Bass Berry & Sims as they explore topics of mentorship, leadership and communication across one's legal career. The day will include lunch, three hours of CLE credit, and the opportunity to network while making mocktails together.

Attendees will gain practical guidance, leadership insights, and tools for building supportive professional relationships.

Following the educational sessions, enjoy a relaxed, networking reception featuring crafted mocktails in the rotunda—an ideal setting to connect with colleagues, mentors, and future collaborators.

SAVE MONEY: Use the prepaid CLE credits that come with your TBA Complete Membership. Not a TBA member? Join now to start saving.

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Faculty Spotlight: Timothy Gibbons

Join Timothy for the Construction Law Forum in Nashville, January 23

Building on his first career as a licensed architect, Tim Gibbons has focused on construction law and related topics in his law practice. He is a member of the firm's Litigation and Business Sections, and is Chair of the Construction Group.

He has resolved numerous construction disputes in the courtroom and through arbitration and mediation, including disputes over differing site conditions, lost efficiency, change orders, defective design and construction claims, structure collapses and job site fatalities. Tim has also negotiated and drafted contracts for major construction projects, including contracts for sports stadiums, as well as billion dollar automobile assembly plants and chemical processing facilities. He has lectured extensively on a variety of construction law topics, ranging from payment remedies and alternative dispute resolution to construction contract provisions tailored for building information modeling and transmission of digital data. He has been appointed to the AAA Construction Panel of Arbitrators, and is a founding fellow in the Construction Lawyers Society of America. He has served as either an arbitrator or a mediator in over 100 construction disputes over the past 10 years.

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