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About TALS

TALS fulfills its mission by:

Ensuring that every low-income Tennessean has timely access to the civil legal Justice system; and,
Identifing the conditions adversely affecting low-income Tennesseans and implement strategies and develop resources to change those conditions.

Facts about Tennesseans with low-income who are served by legal aid programs:

70% had a civil legal problem in 2003
43% had more than three civil legal problems
Those with jobs have more legal problems than the non-working poor
Single-parent households with children have significantly more legal problems than two-parent households

SOURCE: Report from the Statewide Comprehensive Legal Needs Survey for 2003, UT SWORPS

Our Board of Directors

The TALS' board of directors comprises a broad spectrum of individuals throughout the legal community. The board has included representatives from various Tennessee bar associations, the Tennessee Bar Foundation, federally-funded legal aid organizations, other public interest organizations, law schools, legal clinics, and the private bar. View current board roster.

TALS Staff

The TALS staff provides coordination, support, advocacy, training opportunities, communications, resource development and other services to implement the mission and priorities of the Alliance. The TALS office is located at 50 Vantage Way, Suite 250, Nashville, TN 37228. The following staff members may be reached by calling (615) 627-0956.

Erik Cole Executive Director ecole@tals.org		Juanita Watson Administrative Coordinator jwatson@tals.org
Trenay Perry Bynum Website and Communications Director tpbynum@tals.org		Jill Talbert, Attorney at Law Policy and Training Director jkelly@tals.org
Mike Murphy Legislative Liaison mmurphy@tals.org		Stewart Clifton Government Relations Consultant sclifton@tals.org
All photos (except for Stewart Clifton) taken by www.moidesignstudio.com

Preferred Language ENGLISH Español

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