MEMBER CENTER
Friday, May 12, 2023
Tennessee has powerful statutes that can lift barriers for people with criminal charges. For many, these laws would essentially be meaningless without free legal resources. Judges, court clerks, public defenders, district attorneys and volunteer lawyers have stepped up to fill this access to justice gap. Joy Radice, director of the University of Tennessee Law Legal Clinic and a commissioner serving on the Tennessee Access to Justice Commission, explores the relief offered by the expungement statute, describes pro bono models that have been used statewide and highlights institutional expungement innovations.
Anne-Louise Wirthlin is the director of Access to Justice in the Office of Access, Innovation, & Community Engagement of the Tennessee Supreme Court. She shares an update on what the ATJ Commission accomplished during 2022.
What If There Were No Bar Associations?
In her final Journal column, TBA President Tasha C. Blakney considers what the legal landscape would look like if there were no bar associations.
Book Review: ‘A Sense of Justice’
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon G. Lee and her law clerk Tyler Ring review Keel Hunt's new book, A Sense of Justice: Judge Gilbert S. Merritt and His Times.
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