TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jan 22, 2024

The law firm of Baker Donelson has announced a renewed commitment to the American Bar Association's (ABA) Free Legal Answers (FLA) with a major investment of financial and technology resources that will ensure the tool continues to increase access to advice and information about non-criminal legal matters for those who cannot afford a lawyer. Baker Donelson technicians will work over a period of six months to rewrite and update the code for FLA while also improving the data security of the website. The firm is also making a $250,000 donation to ensure the ABA has the resources to further develop and maintain this next-generation version of FLA. The virtual legal advice platform that would become FLA was launched in Tennessee in 2009, via a collaborative effort between Baker Donelson, the TBA, Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services and the Tennessee Supreme Court's Access to Justice Commission. Since its inception, FLA has received more than 330,000 questions from program participants seeking pro bono legal advice from volunteer attorneys.