The B. Riney Green Award recognizes and emphasizes the value the access to justice community has for a particular kind of accomplishment – one that promotes state-wide collaboration on a project beyond one organization and strengthens access to justice across the state. In the late 1990s B. Riney Green, a Nashville attorney, relentlessly led Tennessee's effort to prevent the U.S. House and Senate from adopting provisions that would reduce funding to legal services and increase restrictions on legal aid programs. This award is named to honor his contribution at a critical time in the history of legal services in Tennessee and the nation.
UP TO THREE additional supporting nomination letters by individuals or programs, or documents highlighting the nominee's work can be submitted. Please email this documentation to Laura Brown at
lbrown@tals.org. Nominations and all support material are due by June 30, 2023.