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Suffs & Suffrage: The Law, Advocacy, and the Fight for Women’s Rights

What You Will Learn

  • Examine the legal and historical foundations of the women’s suffrage movement, including Tennessee’s pivotal role in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the legal barriers suffragists faced in their fight for voting rights.
  • Analyze how strategic advocacy, coalition building, and litigation strategies contributed to advancing women’s rights, and consider how these advocacy methods inform modern legal and policy reform efforts.
  • Evaluate the role of lawyers and public interest advocates in driving social and constitutional change, drawing connections between the suffrage movement and contemporary efforts to expand civic participation and equal protection under the law.

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What You Will Learn

  • Examine the legal and historical foundations of the women’s suffrage movement, including Tennessee’s pivotal role in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the legal barriers suffragists faced in their fight for voting rights.
  • Analyze how strategic advocacy, coalition building, and litigation strategies contributed to advancing women’s rights, and consider how these advocacy methods inform modern legal and policy reform efforts.
  • Evaluate the role of lawyers and public interest advocates in driving social and constitutional change, drawing connections between the suffrage movement and contemporary efforts to expand civic participation and equal protection under the law.

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Price

$68 for Members
$120 for Non-members
$0 for All-Access CLE Pass

90 minutes
Date Published

March 5, 2026

Publisher

Nashville Bar Association

Subjects

Advocacy, Approved for Dual Credit, Commercial Law, Ethics, Ethics & Professionalism, Leadership, Women

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Suffs & Suffrage:

The Law, Advocacy, and the Fight for Women’s Rights

CLE Co-Sponsored by the NBA and LAW Marion Griffin Chapter

Suffs | Tennessee Performing Arts Center

1.5 Dual CLE credit 
 

Thank you to our Women-Owned Law Firm Sponsors for making this CLE possible!


Join us for a special CLE exploring the legal, historical, and advocacy foundations of the women’s suffrage movement as highlighted in the Broadway musical Suffs. This program will examine the role of the law in advancing women’s rights, the legal barriers faced by suffragists, and how strategic advocacy helped shape constitutional and societal change.

Following the CLE, attendees will have the opportunity to attend Suffs at TPAC, offering a powerful theatrical perspective on the fight for equality and civic participation. This event uniquely combines professional education with cultural engagement, providing meaningful context for both the legal profession and the broader movement for women’s rights. Tickets are limited!


Agenda

Session 1 I History of the Tennessee Involvement in the 19th Amendment Ratification

Speaker: Margaret Behm, Dodson, Parker, Behm, & Capparella PC.

Session 2  I How to Make Change 

Grace Stranch, Stranch, Jennings, & Garvey, PLLC.

Michele Johnson, Executive Director Tennessee Justice Center
Moderator: Laura Baker, The Law Office of John Day, P.C.
(1.5 Dual CLE Credit- Accreditation Approved) 

Sponsors

 

 

SWOD-27215

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Presenters

Margaret Behm

Behm has been selected by her peers for inclusion in editions of The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of labor &... Read More

Laura Baker
Shareholder - The Law Offices of John Day

Laura Baker is a Shareholder at the Law Offices of John Day where she has spent more than 15 years representing clients in... Read More

Michele Johnson
Executive Director Tennessee Justice Center


Grace Stranch


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If applicable, you may obtain credit in multiple jurisdictions simultaneously for this program (see pending/approved list below). If electing credit for this program, registrants in jurisdictions not listed below will receive a Certificate of Completion that may or may not meet credit requirements in other jurisdictions. Where applicable, credit will be only awarded to a paid registrant completing all the requirements of the program as determined by the selected accreditation authority.

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