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LAS's Volunteer Lawyers Program Receives $50,000 Grant

June 04, 2014

NASHVILLE, Tenn. June 4, 2014 – The Corporation for National and Community Service has awarded Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands a $50,000 AmeriCorps Planning grant. Legal Aid Society is one of three Tennessee organizations t...

Online TN Justice team to Host Online Legal Clinic Webinar

June 02, 2014

On Tuesday, June 3rd, members of Tennessee's Online TN Justice team will host a national webinar for states that are interested in launching a virtual legal clinic modeled after Tennessee's Online TN Justice website (www.onlinetnjustice.org). Three s...

LAET's Family Stabilization Project Benefits Local Economy

June 02, 2014

CHATTANOOGA – What began as a response to the recession in 2010 continues to reap great benefit for the local economy.  Legal Aid of East Tennessee’s Family Stabilization Project focuses on the recently unemployed in the Chattanooga area to iden...

LAS-Oak Ridge Attorney Honored with Dove Award

May 28, 2014

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. May 28, 2014— The ARC of Anderson County, a United Way agency serving children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, recently honored Theresa-Vay Smith as one of the recipients of the organization’s 2014 Dove A...

MALS Executive Director receives ABA's Dorsey Award

May 27, 2014

Harrison McIver III Executive Director of Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. will be awarded the 2014 Dorsey Award from the American Bar Association. The Dorse Award recognizes the "exceptional work by a public defender or legal adviser". The award wi...

Legal Aid Society Takes Initative on Protecting At-Risk Veterans

May 22, 2014

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 22, 2014 –Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest non-profit law firm, has partnered with Operation Stand Down Nashville and drawn on its Volunteer Lawyer Program to ensure at-risk veterans...

LAS's Columbia Office seeks Secretary

May 21, 2014

Immediate Secretary Position Available In Columbia The Legal Aid Society has an immediate opening for a full-time secretary in its Columbia, TN office. The secretary will perform routine clerical and secretarial work in transcribing from dictation a...

LAET Hosts Pro Bono Night

May 09, 2014

CHATTANOOGA – Legal Aid of East Tennessee will host its Annual Pro Bono Night, Thursday, May 15 at Bessie Smith Hall in Chattanooga.  The event will celebrate local attorneys who have donated time and legal services during the past year to aid t...

WTLS seeks Victim Advocate - Applications Accepted until May 15th

May 02, 2014

Victim Advocate Position, beginning level, West Tennessee Legal Services - open until filled. Send the required information as requested below. Incomplete applications and insufficient information may prevent consideration. Unfortunately, due to tim...