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Tennessee Access to Justice leaders have established the Justice Frank F. Drowota Trust to provide supplemental funds to direct providers of legal services to Tennessee’s low-income citizens. The Trust was announced at the August 31, 2023, Equal Justice University luncheon sponsored by Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) in Murfreesboro. The idea for the Trust, the first of its kind in the nation, came from TALS immediate Past-Director Ann Pruitt. [...]
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Legal Aid Society Announces Athlete Charles Clark as Speaker for April 5 Breakfast of Champions Fundraiser
Legal Aid Society, Tennessee’s largest nonprofit law firm, today announced that former U.S. Track and Field Championship silver medalist Charles Clark will [...]
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Autism Alliance of Michigan Applauds the Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Miguel Perez v Sturgis Public Schools Case
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 23, 2023 The Autism Alliance of Michigan (AAoM) congratulates Miguel Perez, his family and their legal team, [...]
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DOJ touts Tennessee program that puts a social worker on public defense teams
PAIGE PFLEGER MARCH 14, 2023 Courtesy U.S. Department of Justice Justice leaders met in Nashville to tout a program that [...]
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Memphis People in Business: Feb. 23, 2023
Amber Floyd, the first African American female general counsel for the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, was recognized Dec. 8 at [...]
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More eviction prevention money coming to Chattanooga-area organizations under Tennessee program
More money to help Tennessee renters avoid eviction will soon be available to nonprofit organizations even after the state's federally [...]
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Expungement Clinic to be held in April
JACKSON, Tenn. — One legal service corporation is helping those convicted of minor crimes improve their lives. West Tennessee Legal [...]
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Organization offering free legal help for low-income people facing eviction
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - For more than 50 years, Legal Aid of East Tennessee provided free legal help to low-income people in [...]
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CASA volunteers sworn in
Sometimes children do not have someone to speak up for them in the court system. Six individuals are hoping to [...]
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Expunged Records and New Beginnings
By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE TN — People and families packed themselves inside the McGruder Family Resource Center Saturday, Jan. 21 [...]
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LMU law school receives community service award
The Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law was honored as the Community Partner of the Year award during the [...]
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Amia’ Butler Joins Legal Aid Society as Development Manager
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest nonprofit law firm, announced Tuesday that Amia’ Butler has [...]
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ABA Free Legal Answers hits major milestone of 250K questions
After George “Buck” Lewis became president of the Tennessee Bar Association in 2008, he attended a series of court-sponsored public [...]