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MALS Elects Chief Donors Relations Officer

February 12, 2014

Memphis, February 3, 2014: Elizabeth Roane has joined Memphis Area Legal Services as chief donor relations officer where she will oversee marketing efforts and community development for the non-profit law firm.  About Memphis Area Legal Service...

TALS' aLEGALz Program Celebrates First Year

January 27, 2014

The Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services' (TALS) aLEGALz program celebrated its first full year of service this January. Launched January 14, 2013, the aLEGALz program is a civil legal information and referral toll-free line for low income Tennessea...

Attorney Positions available with LAS

January 23, 2014

The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands (LASMTC) has job openings available for three attorney positions. Two attorneys will be hired for the Clarksville Office and Columbia Office. To see all job openings with LASMTC, visit the...

LAS Receives Grant from Baptist Healing Trust for Middle Tennessee Medical Legal Partnership

January 15, 2014

Baptist Healing Trust recently awarded a $55,000 grant to Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest non-profit law firm. The grant will support the 2014 Middle Tennessee Medical Legal Partnership (MTMLP), which i...

Yeomans Honored as Ashley T. Wiltshire Public Service Attorney of the Year

January 13, 2014

  NASHVILLE – Deborah Yeomans, Managing Attorney for Legal Aid of East Tennessee’s Johnson City office, has been named the Ashley T. Wiltshire Public Service Attorney of the Year by the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA).  The Award “recogniz...

Online TN Justice featured in Tennessee Bar Journal

January 13, 2014

Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services' (TALS) virtual legal clinic, Online TN Justice, was featured in the January edition of the Tennessee Bar Association's Tennessee Bar Journal. Online TN Justice is one of several pro bono options for Tennessee La...

TALS Board Member Receiveing Assocation for Women Attorney's Award

January 13, 2014

Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services' (TALS) Board Member Linda Warren Seely will receive the  Marion Griffin-Frances Loring Award from the Association for Women Attorney's Annual Banquet on January 23, 2014. The Marion Griffin-Frances Loring A...

LAET-Knoxville seeks Chief Financial Officer

January 03, 2014

 Legal Aid of East Tennessee (Knoxville office) seeks to hire an experienced Chief Financial Officer.   Position requires substantial experience with fund accounting and reporting with federal, state, local government funding as well ...

Ashworth appointed to Tennessee Access to Justice Commission

December 18, 2013

Gail Vaughn Ashworth, Wiseman Ashworth Law Group, PLC, has been appointed to the Tennessee Access to Justice Commission. Ashworth is serving the remainder of Bill Young's term on the commission. Young has joined the Administrative Office of the Court...