Free Legal Assistance Available for Victims of Smoky Mountain Wildfires
January 4, 2017 – A toll-free legal aid hotline is now available for victims of wildfires in Sevier County, Tennessee. The service, which allows callers to request the assistance of a lawyer, is a partnership between the Tennessee Bar Association (TB...
Lawyers Needed to Assist Smokey Mountain Fire Victims
NASHVILLE – December 1, 2016 – In response to the devastating wildfires in Gatlinburg and Sevier County, the Tennessee Bar Association is partnering with the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS), Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) and the Ten...
CLC Has Attorney Position Available
The Community Legal Center (CLC) in Memphis, Tennessee, is looking for a lawyer with at least 3 years of experience as a practicing attorney (including a minimum of 2 in immigration). This person will assist Memphis-area nonprofit immigration l...
AOC Seeks Pro Bono Coordinator
The Administrative Office of the Courts is seeking a qualified person for the position of Pro Bono Coordinator to work with the Access to Justice Commission. The Pro Bono Coordinator’s main job duties will be to cultivate, monitor, and fo...
575th TN Attorney joins TN Free Legal Answers!
Tennessee's virtual legal advice clinic, tn.freelegalanswers.org, welcomed its 575th and 576th volunteer attorneys over the Veteran's Day Weekend. Attorneys, who must be authorized to give pro bono advice in Tennessee, login to the website and choose...
Report Highlights Effect of Pro Bono Legal Services
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission’s recently released annual report shows Tennessee attorneys are donating more than 500,000 hours of their time annually worth more than $100 million. For the calendar ...
Doug Blaze Inducted into Knoxville Pro Bono Hall of Fame
KNOXVILLE – Legal Aid of East Tennessee hosted its Annual Celebrate Pro Bono evening in Knoxville on October 28th. The event, entitled “Forging Justice, was held at Ironwood Studios in Knoxville and celebrated local attorneys who donated time and civ...
Justice in Agining Seeks Summer Interns in DC, LA, and Oakland
SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAW STUDENTS - WASHINGTON, D.C.; LOS ANGELES OR OAKLAND, CA. OFFICES Justice in Aging is a 44-year-old non-profit organization with staff and offices in Oakland and Los Angeles, CA, as well as in Washington, D.C...
TN Represented at Equal Justice Works Annual Conference
Four attorneys are representing Tennessee at the annual Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair. Tennessee Fellows, pictured left to right, include: Kirsten Jacobson,Technology for Access to Justice Fellow, Tennessee Alliance for Legal Service...
LAET Inducts Two into the Pro Bono Hall of Fame
CHATTANOOGA (October 19, 2016) – Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) has inducted two longtime members of the judiciary into its Chattanooga Pro Bono Hall of Fame. Former Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice William M. Barker and retired Hamilton Cou...