Waller Law Firm Receives Pro Bono Leadership Award from Legal Aid Society
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 26, 2018 – Nashville law firm Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis LLP recently received the Pro Bono Leadership Award from the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Board of Directors, the national organization that is a key funder of L...
LAET and East TN's Children Hospital form Children's Health Law Partnership
KNOXVILLE (January 26, 2018) – Lawyers as healers and doctors as advocates… that’s the idea behind a new program at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Legal Aid of East Tennessee and the hospital have partnered to create the Children’s Health Law Pa...
Technology Grant Makes Legal Help More Accessible to Disadvantaged Tennesseans
JACKSON – Many Tennesseans face legal problems relating to their basic human needs- safe housing, protection from abuse, access to benefits needed to sustain a family in crisis- and can’t afford to hire an attorney to help them. Left unaddressed, t...
TALS Schedule for Winter Holidays
The Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services is closed Monday, December 25, 2017 - Monday, January 1, 2018 for the Christmas and New Year holidays. We'll reopen at 8:30am on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. We wish you and yours a happy holiday season.
LAET Starts Health-Law Partnership with Children’s Hospital
KNOXVILLE (October 26, 2017) – Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) has been awarded a 2017 Phase II Health Initiatives Grant from Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee. The grant will fund the establishment of a Children’s Health Law Partnership...
WTLS Seeks Managing Attorney for Pro Bono Project
PRO BONO PROJECT-MANAGING ATTORNEY SUMMARY: Under the direct supervision of the Executive Director, this position is responsible for providing support for and coordination of cases referred to the Pro Bono Project. This position is also respons...
Support 1-844-HELP4TN on #GivingTuesday
Give Donate to ensure people receive legal advice and referral from our helpline $50 helps up to 5 callers $200 helps up to 20 callers Hitting our goal of $10,000 means that 1,000 additional callers get help in 2018 Donations of all ...
Woods to be Honored for “Forging Justice”
KNOXVILLE – Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) hosts its annual Pro Bono celebration Friday, October 20 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Ironwood Studios in Knoxville. The event, entitled “Forging Justice,” will honor attorneys and law firms who have made a ...
Virtual Legal Advice Clinics Calendar
Would you like to schedule a virtual legal advice clinic at your organization? Contact TN Free Legal Answers Site Administrator Kirsten Jacobson. When selecting a date for your clinic, TALS recommends waiting one (1) week before and after another ...
LAET Hosts 2017 Pro Bono Celebration
KINGSPORT, TN – Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) will host the annual Tri-Cities Celebration of Pro Bono Service Friday, October 13 at The Press Room, 300 Clinchfield Street in Kingsport. Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Roger A. Paige will join LAE...