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Community Health Systems Attorneys Provide Free Legal Help


FRANKLIN, Tenn., June 30, 2011 - By day they deal with multi-million dollar deals. By night they help low-income people deal with their legal problems. They are the superhero lawyers of Franklin-based Community Health Systems Professional Services...

LASMTC Attorney One of Four Recipients of 2011 ARC of Anderson County Dove Award


OAK RIDGE, Tenn. June 7, 2011 -- The ARC of Anderson County, a United Way agency, recently honored Theresa-Vay Smith as one of four recipients of its 2011 Dove Award. Smith is an attorney with the Oak Ridge office of the LASMTC. The annual award rec...

LASMTC Receives $50K From Local Foundation


The Frist Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Legal Aid Society to help the organization upgrade its case management system. The tech upgrade will help the LASMTC serve its clients with greater efficiency, said executive director Gary House...

Robert Nadler of LASMTC Writes Tax Book


NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 3, 2011 – The American Bar Association Tax Section has published a book written by Nashville LASMTC attorney, Robert Nadler.  The book, titled A Practitioner’s Guide To Innocent Spouse Relief: Proven Strategies For Winn...

Civil Legal Services and Public Library Partnerships Flourish Across Tennessee


Jane’s husband left her and their children two years ago due to drug problems. She has waited, but wants to move on with their lives and get some sense of stability for the children. This presents legal issues, but Jane has no extra money for a law...

IOLTA Participant Membership in Foundation


In an effort to identify a representative body of “Participant” membership, the Tennessee Bar Foundation Board of Trustees has announced who is eligible to serve as a voting “Participant” member of the Foundation. Any lawyer licensed in Tennessee wh...

Click of the Mouse Will Provide Free Legal Help for Tennesseans


Free access to a lawyer in Tennessee soon will be as simple as printing out and sending legal forms. The state Supreme Court hopes two websites will combat the need for free legal help. Of the more than 1 million Tennesseans who meet federal poverty...

West Tennessee Legal Services Receives $1.2M Federal Grant


WASHINGTON – West Tennessee Legal Services received two of 108 fair-housing grants to educate the public and “combat housing and lending discrimination,” according to today’s announcement by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. West Tenn...

Justice for All Video to Educate the Legal Community


The Tennessee Supreme Court wants to make sure everyone, regardless of their financial abilities, has access to justice. In this ongoing effort, the court has produced an access to justice video, which will be used to educate the legal community and ...

TALS Honors Legal Aid Advocates


  Each year TALS honors some of our state’s outstanding advocates. Tennessee is fortunate to have many hardworking and passionate access to justice advocates however, the New Advocate of the Year Award and the B. Riney Green Award seek to recog...