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Raising the Bar 2026: The demands of practicing law can take a significant toll on attorneys' mental health, well-being, and professional fulfillment. Raising the Bar: When Women Are Well is designed to equip attorneys with the tools, perspectives, and support they need to build healthier, more sustainable careers while strengthening the legal profession as a whole.

Through candid conversations, practical strategies, and interactive learning, attendees will hear from attorneys who have navigated burnout and found paths to recovery, as well as leaders and mental health professionals who will share evidence-based approaches to managing stress, fostering resilience, and promoting overall well-being. The program will also explore how leadership, mentorship, and legal education can help create a more supportive profession for current and future generations of women lawyers.

Participants will leave with practical resources they can immediately incorporate into their professional and personal lives—from technology and wellness tools to mindfulness techniques and other strategies for thriving in today's legal environment. The program concludes with a hands-on wellness session, ensuring attendees leave with actionable techniques they can take back to their offices and incorporate into their daily practice.

Whether you are early in your career or a seasoned practitioner, Raising the Bar: When Women Are Well offers an opportunity to invest in your well-being, connect with colleagues, and gain practical insights for building a healthier, more resilient legal profession.


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Compassion In Action: Practical Skills for Trauma-Informed Lawyering:

Join the TBA Young Lawyers Division for the third installment in its trauma-informed lawyering webinar series: Compassion in Action: Practical Skills for Trauma-Informed Lawyering. Join returning presenter Chris Troutt, LMFT, alongside Constance Brown, Esq., and Justice Sharon Lee (Ret.) for an engaging one-hour webcast exploring how compassion can be translated into practical skills for everyday legal practice.

Together, the panel will discuss trauma-informed approaches to client communication, including delivering difficult news, navigating disappointing case outcomes, understanding what may be happening in a client's or litigant's brain during moments of stress, and balancing empathy with effective advocacy. Justice Lee will share insights from her years on the bench, offering perspective on balancing compassion with the rule of law.

Whether you attended the previous webinars, What Attorneys Must Know About Secondary and Vicarious Trauma and Compassionate Lawyering, or are joining the series for the first time, you'll leave with practical tools to strengthen client relationships, improve communication, and put compassion into action in your legal practice.

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Faculty Spotlight: Sharon Lee

Join us for the webcast, Compassion in Action: Practical Skills for Trauma Informed Lawyering, sponsored by the TBA YLD.

Sharon G. Lee was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court in 2008 and re-elected in 2010, 2014 and 2022. She served as Chief Justice from 2014-2016.  In 2023, Lee retired from the Supreme Court, and in 2025, she joined the firm of Brock Shipe Klenk, PLC. From 2004 to 2008, she served on the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Justice Lee practiced law in Madisonville from 1978 until 2004. She also served as the Monroe County Attorney , as the Madisonville Municipal Judge, Madisonville City Attorney,  Vonore City Attorney, and as a Rule 31 listed Mediator. Lee is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States.

Justice Lee received both her undergraduate and law degree from the University of Tennessee. 

Lee has served on the Knoxville Bar Association Board of Governors, as President of East Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women, as a Board member for the Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women, and as a Board member of the Monroe County Boys and Girls Club. She is a member of the American, Tennessee and Knoxville Bar Foundations, a board member of the Knoxville YWCA and the East Tennessee Historical Society, and an honorary member of the 2014 Congressional Medal of Honor Convention Committee.

Lee is currently a Rule 31-listed Mediator.