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The initiative is aimed at expanding legal support and community investment in South Nashville’s Napier-Sudekum neighborhood and the surrounding 37210 zip code.
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Read MoreThroughout the pilot phase of ERTC, Legal Aid and the Nashville Hispanic Bar Association (Hispanic Bar), as the lead legal services organizations, have worked in partnership with several other nonprofits, including Conexión Américas, the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC), the…
Read MoreLegal experts share the impactful tech projects they have contributed to, and the struggles and successes of getting volunteer lawyers to engage with tech tools on Talk Justice. Oswald’s project at Legal Aid Society uses automation and AI to handle…
Read MoreHobson Flats, a complex in Antioch run by Elmington Property Group, is classified as affordable housing. Despite this designation, it’s now facing serious allegations. Local advocacy organizations Poder Popular and Tennessee Student Solidarity Network recently claimed that Elmington has evicted…
Read MoreAs the academic year gets underway this month across Middle Tennessee, many parents are getting an uncomfortable reminder of the many expenses that come along with having school-aged children. Clothes. Bookbags. Textbooks. Band instruments. The list goes on and on.…
Read MoreThe 120-year-old building on the corner of Meridian Street and East Trinity Lane has transformed into a nonprofit where everyone who enters through its doors is called “neighbor.” That includes the Piggly Wiggly employee who sleeps outside, to the woman…
Read MoreWritten By DarKenya W. Waller, Executive Director of Legal Aid Society of Middle TN and the Cumberlands, and Eric G. Osborne, a partner at Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison PLC. What if we told you that for just $200 a…
Read MoreContributed commentary by Patricia Jones, managing attorney, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands’ Columbia office. Receiving a notice to appear in court can be a stressful experience for anyone, but even more so for those who aren’t…
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