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🌟 Give the Gift of Justice

Your support empowers LAET to provide free civil legal assistance to East Tennesseans living, working, and raising families across 26 counties. With your donation, you ensure legal guidance is accessible, regardless of income.

💡 Why Your Donation Matters

  • Immediate Impact: Your contribution enables LAET to offer critical legal services, including eviction defense, domestic violence protection, elder abuse defense, and much more.
  • Long-Term Change: By supporting LAET, you help build a community where everyone has the legal support they deserve, fostering stability and dignity for all.

💳 How to Donate

  • Online: Donate now – Choose a one-time or monthly gift.
  • By Phone: Call (423) 303-2266 to make a donation or pledge.
  • By Mail: Send checks to:
    Legal Aid of East Tennessee
    100 West Martin Luther King Boulevard, Suite 402
    Chattanooga, TN 37402

🎗️ Honor or Memorial Gifts

Make your donation even more meaningful by giving in honor or memory of someone special. Your gift can be a lasting tribute that supports justice in their name.

📈 Special Giving Opportunities

If you're 70½ or older, consider a Charitable IRA Rollover. This allows you to transfer funds directly from your IRA to LAET without counting it as taxable income, and it can satisfy your Required Minimum Distribution.


Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) is funded in part by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). As a condition of the funding it receives from LSC, LAET is restricted from engaging in certain activities in all of its legal work – including work supported by other funding sources. LAET may not expend any funds for any activity prohibited by the Legal Services Corporation Act, 42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq. or by Public Law 104-134. Public Law 104-134 §504(d) requires that notice of these restrictions be given to all funders of programs funded by the Legal Services Corporation. For a copy of these laws or for any other information or clarifications, please contact Legal Aid of East Tennessee.