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TALS is currently seeking Continuing Legal Education presentations for this year's Equal Justice University conference. We invite you to submit a proposal for a speaking opportunity by Friday, May 15, 2015. We request proposals for: -...

KNOXVILLE (April 14, 2015) – The Board of Directors of Legal Aid of East Tennessee announced today that David R. Yoder, the organization’s long-time Executive Director, will retire effective December 31, 2015.  Mr. Yoder came to Knoxville in Aug...

The Legal Services of Corporation of America (LSC) has launched a Leadership Development Program. LSC is partnering with The Arnold & Porter LLP Foundation to create the G. Duane Vieth Leadership Development Program. Generously funded by the Arno...

You are invited to join the Legal Aid Society of East Tennessee (LAET) as they celebrate 50 years of brining civil legal justice to East Tennessee! When: Thursday, April 23, 2015 Time: 5:30 - 8:30pm EST Where: The Foundry at Worlds' Fair Park in K...

TALS Housing and Consumer Task Force is hosting a CLE on Friday, April 24, 2015 at TALS Office - 50 Vantage Way, Suite 250, Nashville, TN 37228. Topics will include: The Nuts & Bolts of Used Cars; Debt Buyer Collection Defense issues; ...

Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) seeks a full time staff attorney for the Knoxville office to handle general civil litigation and related matters.  A demonstrated commitment to high quality legal work and equal access to justice is required. &...

The Tennessee Bar Association's Access to Justice Committee and the Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Initiative released the results of a report on the study of the economic impact of the work of civil legal assistance providers across the state. The econo...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 20, 2015—Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands kicked off its 2015 Campaign for Equal Justice, Legal Aid Society’s annual fundraising initiative, on Tuesday, March 17 with a luncheon at the Nashville City C...

The Legal Aid Society has an immediate opening for a full-time secretary/legal assistant in its Gallatin, TN office.  The secretary will perform routine clerical and secretarial work in transcribing, typing and proofing legal documents, answerin...