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Posted by: Suzanne Robertson on Oct 9, 2019

October is Celebrate Pro Bono Month — check out what’s going on this month and how you can get involved. Now in its 11th year, the 2019 statewide Celebrate Pro Bono Month brings together legal services providers with local bar associations, law schools, law firms and individual lawyers to offer free services to those unable to afford a lawyer. Hundreds of volunteers are expected to participate in dozens of events and activities across the state that will offer assistance to Tennesseans in need.

To celebrate, the Journal looks back to one of Tennessee’s earliest lawyers, William Tatham. He led an adventurous life and championed pro bono before Tennessee was even a state. In 1793  there were only seven lawyers on this rough-and-tumble frontier serving a scattered population of nearly 100,000 from the Virginia line to Nashville. Read about Tatham's life and pro bono efforts.