Isn MALS a government agency?
No. MALS is a Tennessee not-for-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, chartered to provide civil legal services without fee to low income and elderly residents of Shelby, Fayette, Tipton, and Lauderdale Counties. The concept of providing legal services, interestingly, began with Memphis private attorneys in 1968. Mike Cody, Ron Borod and others began a modest legal clinic on Mississippi Boulevard to address the problems of the poor in and near downtown Memphis. They soon learned that their efforts alone, while personally satisfying, would never be enough.
