TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 25, 2021

The TBA Young Lawyers Division participated in two clinics this month as part of Celebrate Pro Bono Month. On Oct. 2, the YLD joined with Legal Aid of East Tennessee, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee & the Cumberlands, Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services and the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts to hold a debt relief clinic. Sixteen low income debtors met with 14 volunteer attorneys to get advice about debt issues and relief options. Ten had their cases taken on a pro bono basis. Then on Oct. 6, the YLD joined with Vanderbilt University Law School and the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services to host a TN Free Legal Answers Clinic. Volunteer attorneys met virtually with law students to answer 10 questions submitted on the TN Free Legal Answers website. Ten law students and seven attorneys volunteered their time.