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LAS Receives $55k Grant

January 27, 2015

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

January 27, 2015

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

January 27, 2015

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

January 21, 2015

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

January 05, 2015

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

December 18, 2014

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

December 05, 2014

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

December 04, 2014

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

November 14, 2014

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...