Free In-person Legal Advice for Veterans

Monthly Veterans' Legal Advice Clinic

The Veterans' Legal Advice Clinic is a regularly scheduled legal advice clinic for veterans that began in September 2016. Since that time, hundreds of veterans have received assistance with a wide variety of legal issues, including family law, landlord-tenant, bankruptcy, criminal defense, consumer protection, contract disputes, child support, and personal injury, among others.

The clinic is held every other month on the second Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the Knox County Public Defender's Community Law Office, 1101 Liberty Street. (2026 dates are February 11, April 8, June 10, August 12, October 14, and December 9.)

The Veterans’ Legal Advice Clinic is a joint project of the Knoxville Barristers, the Young Lawyers Division of the Knoxville Bar Association (KBA), KBA/Barristers Access to Justice Committees, Legal Aid of East Tennessee, Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office, the University of Tennessee College of Law, Lincoln Memorial University- Duncan School of Law, and the local VA office.

Please note: This is an advice-only clinic. Clients can expect legal advice, but no wills are drafted at this clinic, nor is any legal work performed.

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TIME: 12 Noon – 2:00 P.M.

LOCATION

Knox County Public Defender’s

Community Law Office

1101 Liberty Street

Knoxville, TN 37919

Please note: This is not a wills clinic. Clients can expect legal advice, but no wills are drafted at this clinic.

The VA Integrative Mental Health (IMH) Video Training Series aims to support care providers in their efforts to collaboratively address spiritual and psychosocial needs, build communities of care, nurture integrative practices, and sustain systems of wholistic care. The first in a series of three Bridging Videos from our program addresses the need to consider including spiritual care providers as part of the treatment team to provide holistic, patient-centered care. This video explores the rationale for integrating mental health and chaplain services, presents research findings in the domains of religion, spirituality, and health, and highlights cautionary considerations for interpreting and applying these findings. For more information, please click here. God bless America.

Veterans are 10 times more likely to speak with a person of faith than they are with any other person. Click to see why!

Many are aware that many Veterans seek healing through faith, and we are seeking to utilize a network of VMFCs to reach those wounded Veterans. We ask you to develop a Veteran ministry within your congregation. We are currently operating in 26 states and expanding daily. To learn more about the Military Chaplains Association's VMFC program, click here.

VMFC bootcamps are held on the 3rd Thursday of every three months. Register here.

As a result of the outstanding success of our "Operation Military Masterpiece” initiative at Brown Middle School in Sweetwater, TN, we have developed a new program, "Ethos Student Art (ESA)." The program is available to middle and high schools in Monroe County and the surrounding Counties. Dr. Amber Patty co-developed the ESA program with Vet to Vet TN. It is preferred to have an art teacher teach the class. Click here to view the lesson plan. VTVT will sponsor the class. Helps us teach the kids to have fun and learn about honor, respect, duty, and service.