STAFF

Cathy Austin
Jane Beasley
Gordon Bonnyman
Marjorie Bristol
Shawn Caster
Lisa D'Souza
Nicole Eke
Diana Gallaher
Amy Griffith
Michele Johnson
Lauren Lowe



BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Vic Alexander
Gail Ashworth
Benjamin Barton
Saul Belz
Rev. Henry Blaze
W. Collins Bonds
Mary Bufwack
Susan S. Dyer
Bill Farmer
Richard Fields
B. Riney Green
Barbara Holmes
Robin Miller
Donna Pierce
Art Rebrovick
Marilyn Robinson
Deidre Smith
Dr. Taylor Wray

The Tennessee Justice Center is a non-profit, public interest law and advocacy firm serving the poor. We give priority to policy issues and civil cases in which the most basic necessities of life are at stake, and where our advocacy can benefit needy families statewide. We work to empower our clients by holding government accountable for its policies and actions.

Latest News

TJC honors strength and courage of mothers

Working with families in times of crisis, the Justice Center has witnessed the extraordinary love of mothers.  We have seen women struggling to care for their families that include critically ill children and do so with grace and humor.  We heard women whose children have died bravely testify so that other mothers will be spared such grief.   We have stood with parents who persistently advocate for not only their own children, but all children in need of health care.  We have a deep respect for each of these women and the difference they are making in the world. <Meet the mothers >

TJC celebrates 10th anniversary with clients, bar leaders and colleagues

Clients of the Tennessee Justice Center were the focus of attention at a reception March 17 marking the 10th Anniversary of the non-profit, public interest law firm. Set to the theme, What a difference the law makes!, more than 100 people attended the celebration hosted by the Tennessee Bar Association.  <more>

TJC clients fall through gaping holes in TennCare 'Safety Net'

Every day, there is a new heartbreak - a client has called the TJC, terrified and ill and desperate, in hopes that we can do something to help them regain their health coverage or simply get the medicines they need to live.

And, after listening and asking questions and researching every possible avenue for services, we can do little except refer them to the 'Safety Net' - the elusive, complex and constantly changing patchwork of temporary help for those cut from TennCare. It has aptly been described as being more like a basketball net - with a big hole at the top, and a big hole at the bottom. <more>

Real, humane TennCare reforms save lives -- and money

More than 35 members of the General Assembly - from both political parties - have signed on in support of a Special Legislative Session on TennCare. Many of them were moved to do so after hearing from TennCare enrollees - and dis-enrollees - who are desperate for health care. Now the Governor is attaching those legislators by implying that the Special Session is a ploy in support of an income tax. <more>

A matter of life and death

Mark P., 53, has mental retardation and a serious heart condition. He lives in Lawrenceburg with his father and step-mother, who are in their 70s. In August 2005, Mark’s step-mother called TJC. She told us that Mark had been without his medication for several days because he lost TennCare coverage. Mark couldn’t sleep or control himself and she had not slept for days trying to care for him. She was afraid that Mark would have to be hospitalized soon if he didn’t get medicine. <Read Mark's story>