The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis is hosting its annual King Day Celebration on Jan. 20, with free museum admission all day and special activities in person and virtually. The event also marks the launch of the museum's yearlong observance themed "Community Over Chaos," highlighting pivotal anniversaries in civil rights history, including the 60th anniversary year of the Selma March and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As part of the celebration, the Memphis Bar Association's Access to Justice Committee and law firm Butler Snow are sponsoring an onsite legal information table and are requesting information from legal service providers to share with attendees. Materials, updated brochures or flyers, including those with substantive legal information or announcements about clinics or other services, can be shared digitally or in hard copy. Please contact TBA Access to Justice Chair Linda Seely to share materials or for more information.

Belmont College of Law is looking for volunteers to help with a power of attorney (POA) clinic at Casa Azafran on Jan. 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. CST. Morning and afternoon shifts are available, and lunch will be provided. Lawyers who volunteer will be helping clients fill out POAs for care of a minor child alongside two Belmont law students. Translators will be provided. To sign up to help, please email Ginny.Blake@belmont.edu.

The next legal clinic for veterans in Knoxville will take place Jan. 8, 2025, from 12-1 p.m. EST at the Knox County Public Defender's Community Law Office, 1101 Liberty St., Knoxville 37919. This is a general advice clinic sponsored by the Knoxville Bar Association, KBA Barristers, Legal Aid of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law, the University of Tennessee College of Law, the Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office and the local Veterans Affairs office. Attorneys and law students are needed. Sign up to volunteer here.

The Nashville Arts & Business Council, in partnership with United Way of Greater Nashville and the Nashville Financial Empowerment Center, will host a pro bono tax clinic for artists, musicians and creatives on Jan. 15, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. CST. The event will offer individuals the opportunity to meet with a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) volunteer to learn how to file their taxes in the way that is most beneficial for them and/or to meet with a financial counselor for help repair credit and manage debt. Prospective clients should register by Jan. 10, 2025. The event will take place at the Nashville Financial Empowerment Center, 217 South 10th St., Nashville 37206.

A number of legal organizations will hold free legal clinics this week. On Tuesday, the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands (LAS) will hold a walk-in clinic at the Gallatin Civic Center from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. CST. On Wednesday, LAS will hold a clinic for veterans from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. CST at Operation Stand Down in Nashville, while Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) will hold a clinic at the John T. O’Connor Senior Center from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST and a clinic for veterans from noon to 2 p.m. EST in Knoxville. On Thursday, LAS will hold a walk-in clinic from 3 to 4:30 p.m. CST at Greenhouse Ministries in Murfreesboro. On Saturday, LAS will hold its McHugh Clinic in Nashville from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CST while the Memphis Bar Association will hold its Second Saturday Clinic from 10 a.m. to. noon CST at the Benjamin Hooks Central Library.

The next legal clinic for veterans in Knoxville will take place Dec. 11 from 12-1 p.m. EST at the Knox County Public Defender's Community Law Office, 1101 Liberty St., Knoxville 37919. This is a general advice clinic sponsored by the Knoxville Bar Association, KBA Barristers, Legal Aid of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law, the University of Tennessee College of Law, the Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office and the local Veterans Affairs office. Attorneys and law students are needed. Sign up to volunteer here.

A consumer law and conservatorship clinic sponsored by Memphis Area Legal Services (MALS) in partnership with The Hub will take place tomorrow from 1-3 p.m. CST. The clinic, which is held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, will be at 590 Washington Ave., Memphis 38105. Sign up to volunteer here or contact Heather Staggs, 901-255-3421 with any questions.

The TBA Young Lawyers Division will hold an Essential Documents for Essential Workers (EDEW) clinic on Jan. 10 for Sumner County police officers from 9 a.m. to noon CST at the Sumner County Sheriff's Office, located at 117 W. Smith St., Gallatin 37066. Contact Grace Burnett to volunteer or for more information.

Two legal clinics will be held in Memphis this week. Tomorrow, the Memphis Fair Housing Center, a division of Memphis Area Legal Services, will hold a free legal advice clinic addressing housing questions. The event will take place from 3-5 p.m. CST at the Benjamin L. Hooks Public Library, 3030 Poplar Ave., 3rd Floor, Study Room #1 Memphis 38111. For more information call 901-432-4663. Then on Thursday, the Memphis Bar Association and Memphis Area Legal Services will hold the Attorney of the Day Clinic from 1-3 p.m. at the General Sessions Courthouse, 140 Adams Ave., Memphis 38103. Volunteers should arrive at 1 p.m. and be available to provide advice about legal procedures to litigants. Members of the public with an active or post judgment case in General Sessions will be helped on a first come, first serve basis.

Registration is now open for the next free advice clinic for Black-owned small businesses and nonprofits, set for Nov. 21 in Nashville. The clinic, sponsored by the Arts & Business Council's Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts and Bradley, provides assistance with business formation and corporate governance, review of contracts and guidance in navigating local ordinances and state regulations. Prospective clients should register by Nov. 18. Attorneys should email vlpa@abcnashville.org to volunteer.