LAS has $17.4 Million Impact on Community
August 08, 2014
2013 year-end results reveal Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, along with pro bono attorneys, provided more than $17.4 million in free civil legal advice and representation in 2013. Throughout the year, Legal Aid Society han...
TALS Hosts Employment Law CLE Monday, July 28th
July 24, 2014
On Monday, July 28, 2014 the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services' (TALS) Employment Law Task Force will host a CLE for 4 hours of General Credit Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit at the TALS' Office in Nashville, Tennessee. Cli...
LAS Announces New Executive Committee Officers
July 24, 2014
NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 22, 2014 – Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands announced today its new executive committee officers, who began serving their two-year term this month. John T. Blankenship of Blankenship & Blankenship la...
AOC Seeks Pro Bono Coordinator
July 23, 2014
The Tennessee Supreme Court Administrative Office of the Courts has a grant funded position for a Pro Bono Coordinator position to work with the Access to Justice Commission. The Pro Bono Coordinator will cultivate, monitor, and follow-up with ...
Applications for Scholarship to EJU Due Friday, 7/25
July 21, 2014
Scholarships for the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) annual conference - Equal Justice University - are due Friday, July 25, 2014. Scholarships cover the full - registration cost to allow attorneys, paralegals, law students and other adv...
LAS Receives Grant for SNAP Advocacy
July 21, 2014
A national nonprofit organization, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, has awarded Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands a $13,000 partnership grant to support MAZON’s anti-hunger efforts. Legal Aid Society will use the grant mon...
Nominations for 2014 Access to Justice Awards Close Friday, 7/18
July 18, 2014
The Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) currently seeks nominations for the 2014 Access to Justice Awards. A third award has been added to the awards line-up - the Janice M. Holder Award. Named for retiring TN Supreme Court Justice Janice Ho...
LAS Attorney Honored by TBA
July 17, 2014
TBA’s Young Lawyers Division recognizes local lawyer with two awards MURFREESBORO, TN, July 17, 2014 – The Tennessee Bar Association’s (TBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) recently awarded Legal Aid Society attorney Aimee Luna with the 2014 Presiden...
TBA Wins Top Award for Public Education Project
July 17, 2014
By Barry Kolar, Assistant Executive Director - Tennessee Bar Association on Wed, 07/16/2014 For the second consecutive year, the Tennessee Bar Association earned the top public service award from the Tennessee Society of Association Executi...