Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands; LASMTC; LAS; Legal Aid Society

NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 22, 2014 – Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands announced today its new executive committee officers, who began serving their two-year term this month. John T. Blankenship of Blankenship & Blankenship law firm in Murfreesboro, Tennessee now leads the Board of Directors as president.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. June 24, 2014 –The Nashville chapter of NALS…the association for legal professionals will host its second annual NALS After Hours Silent Auction event at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 10, 2014, at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, PC, located at 211 Commerce Street, Suite 800 in Nashville. The event is free and open to the public. As a way for NALS to give back to the community, one hundred percent of the proceeds generated at the auction will be donated to Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 22, 2014 –Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest non-profit law firm, has partnered with Operation Stand Down Nashville and drawn on its Volunteer Lawyer Program to ensure at-risk veterans are receiving the resources they need.

  NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 18, 2014 –Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest non-profit law firm, announced today that Tiffany Bryant has joined the team as a victim advocate for the Clarksville office. Bryant previously served as a family advocate for the Child Advocacy Center of the 23rd Judicial District and has experience working with The Salvation Army: Joy D. Baker Center and the YWCA: Phyllis Wheatley Center. She graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in social work.

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. April 14, 2014 – The West End Home Foundation recently awarded a grant to Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest non-profit law firm.

NASHVILLE, TN – The Nashville Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Nashville Bar Association, today announced that four local organizations received Bar Foundation grants to support their respective, law related educational and charitable initiatives.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 24, 2014 – At the Campaign for Equal Justice kickoff luncheon March 5, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands announced the creation of the Volunteer Lawyers Program, a regional program to connect volunteer lawyers with clients in all 48 counties served by Legal Aid Society.

A national nonprofit organization, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, has awarded Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands a $13,000 partnership grant to support MAZON’s anti-hunger efforts. Legal Aid Society will use the grant money to continue its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits advocacy.