Tennessee

Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 23.08
Under Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 23.08, a court may distribute residual funds remaining from class action suits to programs or funds serving pro bono needs, specifically the Tennessee Voluntary Fund for Indigent Civil Representation.
For more information on Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 23.08, please click here: http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/opinions/tsc/rules/TNrulesofcourt/02civp.htm

In 2009, the Tennessee Supreme Court amended its rules to encourage more lawyers to provide pro bono legal services. Specifically, the amended rule provides lawyers with one hour of continuing legal education credit for every five hours of pro bono service performed. The Rules also allow lawyers to provide limited scope legal assistance to individuals without formally becoming the attorney-of-record or facing conflict of interest tests.

For more information about Tennessee’s rule, please click here: http://www.tba.org/journal_new/index.php/component/content/article/272

For similar state CLE for pro bono rules, see http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/clerules.html.