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  New Online Program Offers 24/7 Applications for Civil Legal Services KNOXVILLE – Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) has launched an innovative web-based system that improves access to applicants for civil legal services.  The new syste...

  Available Position: Staff Attorney Background: West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. is seeking a Staff Attorney to work in Jackson, TN to provide free legal assistance pursuant to a private enforcement initiative/multi-year funding componen...

  Bottom of Form TtalsTALS names Ann Pruitt new Executive Director The Board of Directors for the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS) is pleased to announce that it has hired Ann Pruitt as the agency’s new executive director. A...

  LAET's Deborah Herzel, recent Duncan Award winner, took time to do a question and answer session with the Metro Pulse. See her article here.  The Metro Pulse is a an alternative paper published weekly and provided free of charge in locat...

    “Eviction Law: Rights & Obligations of Landlords & Tenants” to be at Blount County Public Library   MARYVILLE, TN  (March 28, 2013)   Under the law, both landlords and tenants have rights and obligations t...

  Legal Aid Society Announces 2013 People's Law School Schedule  (as reported in the March 2013 Legal Aid Advocate newsletter - view it here.)   The Legal Aid Society has been offering free legal classes to the public throu...

    Legal Aid Attorney Honored for Senior Advocacy Efforts KNOXVILLE – Deborah Herzel has been named this year’s “Duncan Award” honoree in the Professional Category.  The annual award, presented by Senior Citizens Information and R...

On Thursday, March 14, 2013 Memphis' The Daily News highlighted that Memphis Area Legal Services Executive Director Harrison McIver III has entered his fifteenth year with the organization. Read the story by visiting The Daily News webpage here. TALS...

Memphis Area Legal Services attorney Shayla Purifoy was featured in Memphis' The Daily News Law Talk column on Thursday, March 14, 2013. Purifoy was the New Advocate of the Year award receipient for the 2011 Access to Justice Awards presented by TALS...