Tennessee launches ‘Justice Bus’ mobile law office

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) —  An all new “Justice Bus” was launched in Nashville on Monday.

The Tennessee Supreme Courtroom Entry to Justice Fee created the Tennessee Justice Bus venture. The bus is a cellular legislation workplace that gives know-how to rural and underserved communities the place attorneys and volunteers will be capable of present on-the-spot entry to authorized assist. The passenger bus will embrace computer systems, tablets, a printer, web entry, video shows, WiFi, and different workplace provides. 

 “It’s, in essence, a cellular legislation workplace,” mentioned Tennessee Supreme Courtroom Justice Justice Bivins. “It’s going to present authorized data, enable customers to entry on-line sources and host authorized clinics in distant areas.”

They’re becoming a member of a small community of different states which have launched their very personal Justice Bus tasks as properly. Based on the fee, others have accomplished this in response to pure disasters, to attach with rural residents, or to carry know-how to deprived communities.

“In 2009, the Courtroom arrange a statewide Entry to Justice Fee targeted on offering must residents throughout our state in civil issues who can’t afford authorized illustration,” mentioned Jeff Bivins. “We acknowledged it as a big downside throughout our state and a vital initiative to give attention to to verify we carry justice to all. As we’ve gone by the previous decade, the Courtroom has continued to make entry to justice a precedence, even with modifications in courtroom composition. We stand right here at this time, as a precedence, to be sure that our residents can get entry to justice.”

The bus’s first outing is scheduled for June 29 in Rutherford County. To request the TN Justice Bus for an occasion you’ll be able to e-mail JusticeBus@tncourts.gov and comply with the bus on social media @JusticeBusTN.