LASMTC posts newest The Legal Aid Advocate
The Legal Aid of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands has posted its July 2013 "The Legal Aid Advocate" newsletter. This month's topics include: Client Story: Legal Aid Society Helps with Identity Theft Campaign Update NALS After Hours Silent Auct...
2013 Equal Justice University Registration Now Open
NASHVILLE (7/9/2013) - The Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) is proud to announce that registration for the 2013 Equal Justice University (EJU) conference is now open. EJU is an event dedicated to the access to justice community of Tenness...
MALS Board President featured in Memphis Daily News Article
MEMPHIS (6/29/2013) - Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. (MALS) Board President Jonathan Hancock is featured in a Memphis Daily News' article. Hancock, who is a partner and shareholder in Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, speaks a...
LAET Holds Pro Bono Night
CHATTANOOGA (June 28, 2013) – Legal Aid of East Tennessee hosted its Annual Pro Bono Night, Thursday evening at Bessie Smith Hall in Chattanooga. The event celebrated local attorneys who have donated time and legal services during the past year...
LASMTC's free "People's Law School" starts in June
The staff from the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands' Nashville staff, with help from special guests, have joined with the Nashville Community Eductionat Commission to host the "People's Law School". The People's Law School wi...
TALS Welcomes TSU Interns
Tennessee State University Students spend the summer with TALS The Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services welcomes two outstanding young interns for summer 2013. Miranda McDonald and Krisyten Petty are undergraduate interns from Tennessee State Unive...
WTLS and TALS' LIFT Trainings Make Local News
The Dyersburg State Gazette highlighted the West Tennessee Legal Services and Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) Initiative - Legal Information for Tennesseans (LIFT).The Dyersburg State Gazette focused on recent training conducted by TALS ...
DLAC Files Lawsuit in Federal District Court
DEAF INDIVIDUAL FILES LAWSUIT ABOUT COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS ATATHENS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN ATHENS, TENNESSEE Plaintiff Alleges Defendants Failed to Appropriately Provide Sign Language Interpreters(Chattanooga, TN)—Disability Law & Advocacy C...
TJC Announces Johnson as next Executive Director
On June 12, 2013 the Nashville Post reported that the Tennessee Justice Center has announced that Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services Board Member Michele Johnson will follow Gordon Bonnyman as Executive Director. The transition will occur at year'...
LAET Assists Displaced Victims of Electrical Fire
06/20/13 - Legal Aid of East Tennessee once again made news when Patten Towers residents contacted attorneys after being asked to sign legal documents from the leasing agent. Via a tweet from TALS' twitter account - TALStweet - Legal Services Corpora...