Justice Should Never Be Rationed

For 40 years, the Legal Aid Society has been a place for low-income families to find a helping hand with legal issues involving money, family, housing, health care and domestic violence. Donations of both dollars and time make it possible for the Legal Aid Society to provide services in 48 counties through eight offices located in Clarksville, Cookeville, Columbia, Gallatin, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Oak Ridge and Tullahoma.

In 2007 Legal Aid Society staff attorneys helped more than 6,010 people and their families. Volunteer attorneys, working through the Nashville Pro Bono Program and other local pro bono programs, worked on an additional 1,154 cases.

During 2007, the Legal Aid Society's clients received over $4,390,000 in direct financial benefits as a result of our services, including $838,543 in federal tax benefits for low-income taxpayers. Numerous non-monetary, positive outcomes were also achieved, such as:

The free legal advice and representation clients received from staff attorneys during 2007 had a market value of $5,777,800. The pro bono attorney volunteers provided an additional $929,030 in free legal help.

The Legal Aid Society successfully opened the doors of justice in 97% of the cases completed during 2007.