LAS Hires 2 for Immigrant and Refugee Outreach
Legal Aid Hires 2 for Immigrant and Refugee Outreach As reported in the TBA today on 1/28/2015, The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands has hired two people to work with immigrant and refugee outreach. Jarod Word joins Legal ...
LAS Receives $55k Grant
Legal Aid Society Awarded $55,000 Grant from the Baptist Healing Trust Funds will be used to support Legal Aid Society’s Middle Tennessee Medical-Legal Partnership NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan. 27, 2015 – Legal Aid Society of Middle Ten...
8k Questions Posted to Online TN Justice
Tennessee’s innovative “Online TN Justice” website reached a significant milestone this week, with 8,000 questions posted by clients since launch of the service in 2011. This accomplishment more than doubles the original goal, which was to field 1,00...
AWA Memphis Chapter Honors Justice Kirby
The Association for Women Attorneys (AWA) of Memphis will honor Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Holly Kirby with the Marion Griffin-Frances Loring Award this week at their annual banquet. The award goes to one who has exhibited outstanding achievemen...
LAS Announces 2015 Clinic Schedule
Legal Aid Society to Host 200+ Free Legal Help Clinics Across Middle Tennessee and the Cumberland Plateau NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan. 21, 2015 – Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands announced today that, over the nex...
TN Supreme Court Names Tate as new AOC Director
The Tennessee Supreme Court has named former Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate will become Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts. See their announcment here.
TN Supreme Court Updates Rule Governing CLE credit
The Tennessee Supreme Court has adopted comprehensive changes for continuing education requirements for Tennessee attorneys. The changes take effect on January 1, 2015. Read more about the changes on the Tennessee State Courts website here.
LAS' Volunteer Lawyers Program Presents 2014 Pro Bono Leadership Award
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 5, 2014 – Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest non-profit law firm, announced today that its Volunteer Lawyers Program presented its annual Pro Bono Leadership Award to the Nashville Ba...
NCRC Hosts Warrant Screening & Victim Offender Mediation CME
Warrant Screening & Victim Offender Mediation Tuesday, December 9, 2014 12 - 1:15 pm West End United Methodist Church, McWhirter Hall (ground floor) 1.25 hrs of general CME What does the Warrant Screening offic...
Save the Date for TALS Annual Conference
The date and location for the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services' (TALS) 2015 annual conference - Equal Justice University (EJU): Wednesday, September 2 - Friday, September 4, 2015 at the Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. More info...