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Legal Aid Society has an immediate openings for an attorney in its Columbia office. The position will focus on health and public benefits law. The Nashville position will also focus on elder law. Practice in other areas of law, including domestic vio...

Ann Pruitt, executive director with the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) authored an opinion piece that has run in the 12/9/2015 edition of the Tennesseean newspaper. The piece, titled "How people in poverty can get free legal help in Ten...

Updated December 4, 2015 - The American Bar Association awarded the Marshall County Bar Association the Law Day 2015 Oustanding Activity Award for Most Innovative Program. The Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services assisted the Marshall County Bar in ...

KNOXVILLE (November 24, 2015) – The Board of Directors of Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) announced today that Sheri A. Fox has been named Executive Director of the 26-county civil law firm.  She replaces David R. Yoder, who re...

Tennessee Supreme Court Members Join LAET to Honor Attorney Pro Bono Service BRISTOL, TN – Members of the Tennessee Supreme Court will join Legal Aid of East Tennessee to recognize volunteer service at a celebration dinner, Tuesday, November 17t...

Legal Aid Society Partners with Metro Government’s Office of Family Safety to Launch Domestic Violence Initiative Volunteer lawyers to provide in-court legal assistance for domestic violence victims NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 29, 2015—Legal Aid Soc...

In October 2015, the 10,000th question was posted to OnlineTNJustice (OTJ). We ask you to join in the celebration of our wonderful volunteers and exciting accomplishments. Our goals are to: Create a virtual celebration of OTJ’s success T...

Administrative Assistant Position The Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) seeks an Administrative Assistant. TALS is a statewide nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen the delivery of civil legal help to vulnerable Tennesse...

Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) seeks an Executive Director to lead this nonprofit law firm whose mission is to ensure justice for elderly, abused and low income individuals by providing a broad range of civil legal services. Over the course of ...