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Memphis Area Legal Services Seeks New Executive Director


Position Description: Memphis Area Legal Services (MALS) seeks an Executive Director to lead this non-profit organization in its mission to secure justice and protect the rights of low-income families in the western Tennessee counties of Shelby, ...

Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services Names New Executive Director


Laura Brown, Deputy Director of Client Services at Legal Aid of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands (LASMTC), the largest non-profit law firm in the state, will take the helm of Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services in March 2022. Brown brings a dee...

Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services Seeks New Executive Director


TENNESSEE ALLIANCE FOR LEGAL SERVICES SEEKS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Position Closes January 24, 2022 Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) seeks an Executive Director who possesses vision, a demonstrated passion for expanding access to ...

Executive Director Ann Pruitt Will Leave Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services After Nearly Nine Years at the Helm


NASHVILLE, Tenn., January 5, 2022 - Ann Pruitt, Executive Director of Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) will leave her role on March 31, 2022, after nearly nine years of service to the Tennessee access to justice community. “...

Chief Justice Page Welcomes the 2021 NLADA Conference to Nashville


Click here to see Chief Justice Page's welcoming remarks at this year's National Legal Aid and Defender Association Conference in Nashville.

TALS is Hiring: Grant Manager-Grant Writer


TENNESSEE ALLIANCE FOR LEGAL SERVICES Strengthening the delivery of civil legal help to vulnerable Tennesseans TALS is Hiring: Grant Manager/Grant Writer Job summary: The Grant Manager/Writer engages in program develo...

TALS Focuses on Transforming Legal Services, Celebrates Leaders in Access to Justice


NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services’ (TALS) will host its annual Equal Justice University for lawyers, advocates, social workers, and others September 21-23. This year’s conference will be online, and the theme, “Transforming Legal ...

Vanderbilt Law School Highlights Student Involvement in TN Free Legal Answers


TALS works with law school partners across the state to plan TN Free Legal Answers clinics, where attorney volunteers team up with students to help low-income Tennesseans get answers to their pressing civil legal issues. Click below to read the Vande...

TALS Attorney Publishes Articles on Mental Health in the Legal Profession


TALS helpline attorney Kent Halkett recently has published multiple articles about mental health in the legal profession. Kent advocates for addressing the shame and stigma associated with mental health in the legal profession and for incorporating m...

TALS Staff Attorney Featured in TBA Membership Spotlight Series


TALS staff attorney Kirsten Jacobson joined Tennessee Bar Association President Michelle Greenway Sellers for a recent installment of the TBA Member Spotlight Series. Kirsten joined TALS in 2016 as an Equal Justice Works Fellow and now manages multip...