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title: Atlas Commons research objects — Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. (LSC legal-aid grantee)
license: CC0-1.0
source: Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field Grant allocations
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# Atlas Commons research objects — Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. (LSC legal-aid grantee)

Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc.'s LSC free civil-legal-aid funding record, with each figure's status labeled: the organization, service areas/types, grant allocation, and poverty population served are LSC/Census records; funding-per-person-in-poverty is an in-house ratio; the boundary note routes to the LSC locator (this listing has no direct contact) and states it is not legal advice or a per-address locator. Source: LSC Basic Field Grant allocations. CC0.

## Claims

### Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. is an LSC-funded free civil legal-aid provider (Basic Field; TN)

**RECORDED.** Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. receives Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant funding to provide FREE civil legal aid. It is funded to serve Basic Field clients across 1 LSC service area(s) in TN. A record of LSC's grant allocation, not a measure of cases handled.

Source: Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field Grant allocations — https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/what-legal-aid/get-legal-help
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field Grant allocations; superseded when Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field Grant allocations publishes its next release.

### Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. received $990,294 in LSC grants to serve 0 people in poverty

**RECORDED.** Across its LSC service areas, Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. was allocated $990,294 and is funded against a service-area poverty population of 0. Both are LSC/Census records.

Source: Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field Grant allocations — https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/what-legal-aid/get-legal-help
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field Grant allocations; superseded when Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field Grant allocations publishes its next release.

### What this legal-aid listing is — and is NOT — and how to actually get help

**INTERPRETATION.** This is a directory entry for an LSC-funded free civil-legal-aid GRANTEE — who it is funded to serve and its grant capacity. It is NOT legal advice, NOT a guarantee of representation (eligibility depends on income and case type), and NOT a per-address locator (the LSC service areas are grant codes, not counties). This listing has no direct phone or website. To actually reach Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. or find the right provider for your situation, use the LSC "Find Legal Help" locator: https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/what-legal-aid/get-legal-help

Source: Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC grant record above) — https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/what-legal-aid/get-legal-help
Falsifier: occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (the atlas's reading, not an LSC verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. The grant facts above are LSC/Census records (recorded) and the funding ratio is an in-house computation (derived); the four-status labels each, and this is the only interpretation.

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Every claim above carries a four-status warrant (RECORDED / MODELED / DERIVED / INTERPRETATION) and a named source you can re-fetch — this is a research object, not a flat fact. Structured: `https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/legal-aid/memphis-area-legal-services-inc.jsonld`

## Data

### LSC funding & capacity — Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc.

RECORDED LSC grant + Census poverty population; funding per person is an in-house ratio (DERIVED).

| Figure | Value | Warrant |
| --- | --- | --- |
| LSC grant funding | $990,294 | RECORDED |
| People in poverty in service area | 0 | RECORDED |