Overview

The Legal Aid Society’s mission is to advance, defend, and enforce the legal rights of low income and vulnerable people in order to secure for them the basic necessities of life. Everyday Justice is the story of the development and evolution of legal aid in Middle Tennessee from the late 1960s to the turn of the millennium, as told by Ashley Wiltshire, who worked for the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands in all its incarnations for four decades, beginning a year after its inception.

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Author:   Ashley Wiltshire
Publisher:   Vanderbilt University Press
Imprint:   Vanderbilt University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780826505101

ISBN 10:   0826505104
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   30 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Early Legal Aid: National and Nashville, 1876-1965 2. Establishing Legal Services of Nashville, 1965-1968 3. Conflicts Inside and Out, 1969-1973 4. Wide-Ranging Advocacy, 1973-1976 5. We Grow, 1976-1980 6. Nasty, Brutish, and Long 7. Mostly Drake 8. Women Lawyers Challenge Domestic Violence 9. Family Dramas 10. Young Lawyers Change Juvenile Law 11. Bless This House 12. Caveat Emptor Challenged 13. Five Women Reform Industrial Insurance 14. Hospitals, Banks, Automobile Dealers, and the United Way 15. Doomsday, 1981-1991 16. It’s an Ill Wind That Blows No Good 17. Healthcare and Paying for It 18. Social Security Disability 19. Justice is Everybody’s Business 20. High Hopes, Doomsday II, and Consolidation, 1992-2002 21. A Unique Practice of Law Epilogue Acknowledgments Bibliography

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Ashley Wiltshire is a retired lawyer who spent thirty-seven years with the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands.

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