News
Legal 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…
Read MoreThe Nashville Business Journal has awarded its 2024 Lifetime Achievement distinction to Nashville lawyer David Tarpley, the lead attorney for housing and consumer law at Legal Aid of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. Tarpley graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School in…
Read More“The biggest anti-poverty government subsidy is not welfare or Aid for Families with Dependent Children,” said a recent speaker to the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge. “It’s the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC),” which is embedded in the federal income…
Read MoreJuneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Texas finally learned of their freedom, a full two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. This day stands as a powerful symbol of liberation and a…
Read MoreThe Fair Housing Act of 1968 represents a cornerstone of civil rights legislation in the United States, prohibiting discrimination in housing based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, and disability. Over the years, this landmark law has…
Read More