Now in its fourth year, the Celebrate Pro Bono month initiative brings together bar associations, law schools, law firms, legal services providers and individual lawyers to offer free services to those unable to afford a lawyer. This year, more than 300 volunteers — including lawyers, law students, paralegals and language interpreters — were expected to participate in more than 50 events and activities across the state.

Events Help Those Who Need Legal Advice But Can’t Afford It

More than 300 Tennessee lawyers gave free legal services at more than 50 events to those unable to afford a lawyer throughout the month of October as part of the national Celebrate Pro Bono initiative. Activities included legal advice clinics, education programs, public presentations and other events.

Celebrate Pro Bono Month wraps up with a final event in Nashville Wednesday. Lawyers with Bass Berry & Sims PLC join forces with the Nashville Pro Bono Program and students with the Vanderbilt University Law School Legal Aid Society to help low income clients with landlord/tenant disputes. The clinic will run from 10 a.m. to noon at Legal Aid, 300 Deaderick St. Lawyers interested in volunteering should call Lucinda Smith at (615) 780- 7127. Clients seeking assistance should call (615) 244-6610.

Celebrate Pro Bono events continue Tuesday with a seminar in Nashville designed to help lawyers avoid costly mistakes when handling real property issues in divorce, elder law and probate cases. The session, co-hosted by the Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission and Vanderbilt University Law School, will run from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and from 2:15 to 4:30 p.m. The event will take place in the school’s Flynn Auditorium, 131 21st Ave. South, Nashville 37203. Contact Kelly Murray for details.

Lawyers in Nashville will participate in two pro bono clinics tomorrow. The first will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the Legal Aid Society, 300 Deaderick St. Lawyers interested in volunteering should contact Lucinda Smith at (615) 780- 7127. Clients should call (615) 244-6610 for details. The second clinic, sponsored by Justice for Our Neighbors, the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition and Connexion Americas, is by appointment only. Contact Adrienne Schlichtemeir at adrienne.tnjfon@gmail.com for details.

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Memphis Area Legal Services will provide free legal services in conjunction with the Community Bible Church’s health fair on Saturday. The fair will take place at the Lewis Senior Center, 1188 North Pkwy., Memphis. Please contact Linda Seely at (731) 217-8013 or lseely@malsi.org for more information.

See a list of all Celebrate Pro Bono events across the state

Tennessee lawyers have been offering free legal services to those unable to afford a lawyer throughout the month of October as part of the national Celebrate Pro Bono initiative. Activities have included legal advice clinics, education programs, public presentations and celebrations. Events continue through Oct. 31. See the list of all events scheduled across the state.

Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) will host a Divorce Clinic Thursday at 3 p.m. free and open to the public. It will be located at 535 Chestnut St, Suite 360 in Chattanooga. For more information, contact Charlie McDaniel. View a full list of Celebrate Pro Bono Month events.

Baker Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC and Bass, Berry & Sims PLC will host a free legal clinic called H.E.L.P to provide advice/counsel and representation specifically to homeless women and men. The Nashville clinic will be held Wednesday at Room in the Inn, 705 Drexel St. Lawyers need to arrive at 8:30 a.m., clients at 9 a.m. To volunteer, contact Jill Suwanski. Click here to view a full list of Celebrate Pro Bono Month events.

West Tennessee Legal Services is hosting a free Continuing Legal Education course on National Mortgage Settlement this Wednesday at the Jackson Chamber of Commerce, 197 Auditorium St., from 10 a.m. to noon. For more information, contact Kathryn Tucker. See a full list a Celebrate Pro Bono Month Events.