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LEGAL DIRECTOR JOB DESCRIPTION Position Overview: The Legal Director provides leadership to ensure that Disability Rights Tennessee achieves its overall mission to protect the rights of Tennesseans with disabilities. The Legal Director is res...

West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. has an immediate opening for an attorney in our Victim Assistance and Advocacy Project.  The attorney will represent victims of elder abuse and financial exploitation in civil protection order cases, and provi...

TALS congratulates the 2017 Access to Justice Award Winners! The following honorees were recognized for their contributions to the Tennessee's equal justice community!  See each award and its criteria here. Janice M. Holder Award Recipients: L...

For this year's conference, TALS welcomes national and state leaders to address different areas of growing civil legal aid. This year's speakers, in order of date and time of presentation, include: ...

Enjoy your opportunity to win a Dell laptop valued at over $1,000 at the 2017 Equal Justice University conference. How? Participate in the fun "Get to Know You" game to be entered into the drawing! The winner will be drawn on Thursday, August 31st ...

West Tennessee Legal Services has launched a senior-friendly, senior specific website to expand access by senior citizens to important legal information.   The website, which can be accessed by going to TnSeniorlaw.org or by going to West T...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 13, 2017 — Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest non-profit law firm, has announced the addition of Alysse Gregory, Dorie Williams and Heather Duggan, and the promotion of Joshua Thomas ...

PARALEGAL POSITION AVAILABLE   Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) seeks a full-time, entry level, paralegal for LAET’s Family Justice Center office in Chattanooga to handle domestic violence matters. A commitment to high-quality legal work...

JOHNSON CITY (June 2, 2017) – Deborah Yeomans-Barton, Managing Attorney for Legal Aid of East Tennessee’s Johnson City office, has been elected to chair the Tennessee Domestic Violence State Coordinating Council (DVSCC). Her one-year term begins on J...