The Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to an attorney. So if you cannot afford legal representation the state will provide you with a lawyer.

But that right is only guaranteed in criminal cases, when defendants are charged with a crime. In civil cases — legal disputes between two private parties that include things like personal injury, landlord-tenant disputes, debt collection, divorce or custody matters — there is no legal right to representation.

Now a new clinic is looking to bridge that gap. The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee is partnering with Bass, Berry and Sims law firm to establish a free monthly legal clinic at the Nashville Public Library’s Pruitt Branch.

The branch is located next to the Napier-Sudekum public housing complex in South Nashvi

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