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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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Pro Bono Christmas Tree Event Is Dec. 5
From Chattanoogan.com Local judges will participate in the decorating of Legal Aid of East Tennessee’s Pro Bono Christmas Tree on [...]
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Legal Aid Society Names Director, Coordinator of New Eviction Right to Counsel Program for Low-Income Renters
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest nonprofit law firm, announced today that Elizabeth Leiserson and [...]
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Justice Lee Announces August 2023 Retirement
Nashville - Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon G. Lee has notified Governor Bill Lee that she will retire on August [...]
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Free legal clinic for veterans happening in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knoxville Bar Association and Legal Aid of East Tennessee are offering to veterans a free [...]
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Child Attitude Motivation Program (C.A.M.P.) Gives Roane County Middle and High Schoolers a Second Chance
As the 2021-2022 school year ended, 15 Roane County middle and high students started their summer break with an 8-week [...]
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Justice Bus Reaches Milestone of Service to Tennessee’s Three Grand Divisions
The Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Bus has now offered free legal services to clients in all three grand divisions - [...]
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Tennessee Justice Bus rolls out free legal assistance across the state
Nearly 50 people were able to get free legal help thanks to The Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice [...]
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Fraternity, state representative team for expungement clinic
Event with Belmont Law, Supreme Court aimed at getting people ‘back into the workforce’ KATELYNN WHITE State Representative Mike Sparks [...]
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Memphis Area Legal Services Moving to New Headquarters
Memphis Area Legal Services has found new headquarters at One Memphis Place, the Memphis Business Journal reports. The building, which [...]
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Tennessee Supreme Court Launches Justice Bus
The Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission publicly launched the Tennessee Justice Bus today at the Tennessee Supreme Court [...]
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Bradley Receives 2022 Pro Bono Leadership Award From Legal Aid Society
By Press release submission May 20, 2022 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP was presented with the 2022 Pro Bono Leadership Award [...]
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Justice Cornelia A. Clark Honored Posthumously by the Nashville Bar Foundation
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia A. Clark is the 2022 posthumous recipient of the Nashville Bar Foundation’s David Rutherford Award. [...]