Your Weekly Constitutional

If you’re accused of a crime and you can’t afford a lawyer, you have a right to a state-appointed public defender. But what happens if you get into non-criminal legal trouble, like a landlord-tenant case or a property dispute? Who you gonna call? Legal Aid. Dave Yoder, the former Executive Director of Legal Aid of East Tennessee, tells us all about this important organization. But Legal Aid can’t do it alone. It needs the assistance of dedicated private attorneys, attorneys like Tony Seaton of Johnson City, Tennessee who joins us to discuss what he calls Access to Justice.