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COMMUNITY PARTNERS

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ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Law partners with a number of local law firms, governmental entities and offices, non-profits, hospitals and legal services in our clinic and externship efforts. 

Eviction Settlement Program

Professor Ramsey, director of the Medical-Legal Partnership clinic, has worked with Professor Wendy Bach, director of the Advocacy Clinic at UTK Law, and Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services to develop a program to address the eviction crises in Tennessee brought on by COVID-19. This novel project provides direct legal representation for those facing pandemic-related evictions, using CARES Act funds to help those in need due to business closure/ job loss, lack of childcare, or death or illness of a close family member with COVID-19. To learn more about this program, click here.

Housing Adjudication
The Housing Adjudication Clinic partners with the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Housing Authority, an agency established under Tennessee law in 1935. Specifically, the Clinic works with ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Housing Authority on its Housing Choice Voucher Program. To learn more about the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Housing Authority, click .

Mediation
The Mediation Clinic often works with the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to mediate employment discrimination claims. To learn more about the EEOC's mediation program, .

Medical-Legal Partnership
The Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic is part of the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Children's Health Law Directive (ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ CHiLD). Through the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ CHiLD program, the Clinic partners with Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Area Legal Services to provide a range of legal services and advocacy for patients and their families at Le Bonheur. To learn more about Le Bonheur Children's Hospital,

Neighborhood Preservation
The Neighborhood Preservation Clinic partners with the similarly named Neighborhood Preservation Inc., a nonprofit organized to strategically address vacant and abandoned property in ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½. To learn more about NPI