What Tennessee Taxpayers Need to Know for 2024
By Mary Gillum, Legal Aid Society With the 2024 tax filing season now underway, Tennessee residents who don’t pay much attention to taxes throughout the year may soon find themselves…
Legal Aid Society Launches Online Community Classroom to Provide Free Legal Advice
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest nonprofit law firm, announced today the official launch of Community Classroom, an online source of information covering a wide…
Eviction Right to Counsel pilot program saves Nashville residents $3.4M in first year
Cancer patients on the verge of homelessness call the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee often. They’re behind on rent and facing eviction because they lost their job when working through…
3 things to know about eviction in Davidson County
Davidson County is on track to see more than 13,000 evictions filed in 2023. The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, the Nashville Hispanic Bar Association, and other partners…
Free Legal Help Available for Tennessee Tornadoes Survivors
12/25/2023 – A free legal help hotline is now available for Tennessee Tornadoes survivors. The hotline is available to connect survivors to free legal services in qualifying counties who cannot…
Eviction Right to Counsel pilot program saves Nashville residents $3.4M in first year
Davidson County is on track to surpass 13,000 eviction filings in 2023. Landlords almost always have legal representation in eviction cases, according to a third-party review of Metro eviction data. Typically, less than 1% of tenants have an attorney by their side in the courtroom.