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Causes: Crime & Law, Legal Services
Mission: Tennessee alliance for legal services (tals) strengthens the delivery of civil legal help to vulnerable tennesseans by: serving as a statewide coordination point for civil justice issues; educating policy makers, advocates and the public about civil legal issues; connecting vulnerable tennesseans with civil legal help; and expanding financial resources and awareness of tals and the equal justice community.
Programs: Tennessee alliance for legal services (tals) serves as a center of innovation, training, and expertise for the legal assistance organization and pro bono attorneys in tennessee; simplifies the search for legal help and serves as a leading and unifying voice in the civil justice community. In accomplishing the organization's program service goals during 2017, tals served 16 legal programs in tennessee, trained over 650 lawyers and advocates, provided advice and referral to 4,000 helpline callers, and managed a virtual legal clinic where over 600 volunteer attorneys provided legal advice to nearly 2,000 vulnerable tennesseans.