GENERAL SESSIONS COURT WORK

Have you been sued or evicted in Tennessee? Then you likely have been before Tennessee’s General Sessions court. If you had to go to court without a lawyer, then you know first-hand how difficult the system can be to understand. Going to court without a lawyer is never easy. But TJC believes that the General Sessions court can be improved so that people who are sued or evicted and do not have a lawyer can still get a fair hearing. The General Sessions GPS Project is all about making our courts more accessible for people who don’t have a lawyer.
 

The vast majority of people who are sued or evicted do not have a lawyer. They are unsure what they have to do or how to defend themselves in court. This puts them at a great disadvantage, because most of the time the person suing or evicting them does have a lawyer. This happens particularly often when debt collectors sue people who owe money for things like car loans and medical bills.