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Legal Aid and Nashville Law Firm Bass Berry + Sims Team up to Support Community in 37210

24 أكتوبر 2025 التعليقات على Legal Aid and Nashville Law Firm Bass Berry + Sims Team up to Support Community in 37210 مغلقة

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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Criminal Record Holding You Back? These People Can Help.

26 يونيو 2025 التعليقات على Criminal Record Holding You Back? These People Can Help. مغلقة

Legal Aid Society helps give individuals second chances.

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Legal Aid Society’s program helps Nashville tenants fight eviction amid rising costs

26 يونيو 2025 التعليقات على Legal Aid Society’s program helps Nashville tenants fight eviction amid rising costs مغلقة

Eviction Right to Counsel program helps prevent evictions.

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Legal Aid Society releases groundbreaking report on Metro Nashville’s highly successful Eviction Right to Counsel (ERTC) pilot project.

20 مارس 2025 التعليقات على Legal Aid Society releases groundbreaking report on Metro Nashville’s highly successful Eviction Right to Counsel (ERTC) pilot project. مغلقة

Throughout 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…

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Can Tech Simplify Pro Bono?

19 ديسمبر 2024 التعليقات على Can Tech Simplify Pro Bono? مغلقة

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…

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Eviction Notices Raise Questions About Metro Support for Affordable Housing

19 أغسطس 2024 التعليقات على Eviction Notices Raise Questions About Metro Support for Affordable Housing مغلقة

Hobson 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…

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State law offers families needed relief from school feesState law offers families need relief from school fees

19 أغسطس 2024 التعليقات على State law offers families needed relief from school feesState law offers families need relief from school fees مغلقة

As 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.…

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Cooling Centers are Scarce Amid Nashville’s Summer Heat

26 يونيو 2024 التعليقات على Cooling Centers are Scarce Amid Nashville’s Summer Heat مغلقة

The 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…

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Democracy, The Justice Gap, and Preserving the Rule of Law

26 يونيو 2024 التعليقات على Democracy, The Justice Gap, and Preserving the Rule of Law مغلقة

Written 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…

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What Non-English Speakers Should Know About Court Interpreters | COMMENTARY

26 يونيو 2024 التعليقات على What Non-English Speakers Should Know About Court Interpreters | COMMENTARY مغلقة

Contributed 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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