About 12,000 Memphians have been helped through pro bono legal clinics

By , Special to The Daily Memphian Updated: December 26, 2018 4:00 AM CT | Published: December 24, 2018 12:25 PM CT
<strong>Nancy Henderson, 70, fills out forms to get help with a background check during a free legal clinic at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. The clinic was hosted by Memphis Area Legal Services and the Memphis Bar Association.</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Memphis-area attorneys have been providing free legal guidance and services to Memphians for more than a decade at the clinic.</strong> (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Nancy Henderson, 70, fills out forms to get help with a background check during a free legal clinic at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. The clinic was hosted by Memphis Area Legal Services and the Memphis Bar Association. Memphis-area attorneys have been providing free legal guidance and services to Memphians for more than a decade at the clinic. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

From tenant and landlord issues to debt collection and family estate problems, Memphis-area attorneys have been providing free legal guidance and services to Memphians for more than a decade through a series of clinics offered at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library.

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Christin Yates is a native Memphian who has worked in PR and copywriting since 2007. She earned her B.S. in public relations and M.S. in mass communications from Murray State University.


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