Member Eric Osborne presented at the Nashville Bar Association’s Voices of Democracy Law Day on Friday, April 26, 2024. DarKenya W. Waller, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands joined Eric in speaking on the CLE topic of “Democracy, the Justice Gap, and Preserving the Rule of Law.“

The CLE program, explored “lawyers’ ethical obligations to provide pro bono representation and financial support for legal aid, the ‘justice gap’ by which there are not sufficient pro bono and financial resources available to assure that all indigent persons receive representation, and the fall-out and effect on people’s belief in the rule of law and trust in democracy that is eroded because of that justice gap.”

Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison was delighted to sponsor the Law Day Luncheon which preceded the CLE program.

Law Day, celebrated on May 1 and throughout the month of May, has been observed since President Dwight D. Eisenhower established it in 1958 to honor the rule of law in a free society. It “provides an opportunity to understand how law and the legal process protect our liberty, strive to achieve justice, and contribute to the freedoms that all Americans share.”

Learn more about celebrating Law Day during the month of May.