Circuit Court Judge Dale Workman of Knoxville has been awarded a State Justice Institute (SJI) scholarship to attend a course on “Current Issues in the Law” Aug. 26-30 in Bar Harbor, ME.
The award will cover tuition, transportation and lodging. Workman and other participants will discuss timely legal issues, such as the Patriot Act, ethical duties regarding self-represented litigants, judicial ethics and jury reform trends.
Workman, who earned his undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, was elected to the bench in 1990. He was reelected to eight-year terms in 1998 and 2006.
Federal law created SJI in 1984 to award grants to improve the quality of justice in state courts. The institute has awarded more than $100 million supporting more than 1,000 projects.