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Posted by: Laura Labenberg on Nov 20, 2024

It is never too late to make a resolution for 2025. In Faith Watson's Building Connections and Careers: The Benefits of Joining Bar Associations, she invites readers to become more involved with bar associations. Though it may seem daunting to some, the benefits of networking and cultivating a collegial legal environment are worth it. Watson is an assistant professor of law at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law teaching Legal Methods to first-year law students. She is a graduate of Memphis Law and has practiced law in the areas of family law, criminal law and civil defense. Prior to practice, Watson was a judicial law clerk to Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins in Chancery Court Part III in Shelby County and a judicial law clerk to the Honorable William Campbell Jr for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Watson serves as the West Tennessee Governor for the TBA YLD.