The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, the TBA, UT College of Law and Vanderbilt Law School are co-hosting an event in Chicago on Saturday, August 1, 2009, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Chicago’s Fairmont Hotel, Crystal Room, 3rd Level.    John Roy Tarpley will be honored at the reception.   Dean Kevin H. Smith will be in attendance and all Memphis law alumni living in and around the Chicago area are invited to attend. For more information, contact Shawna Engel at sgengel@memphis.edu or 901-678-2425.