THE DAILY TIMES — The legal system is difficult to navigate for most people, but different communities face their own challenges when working through questions concerning the law. To help East Tennessee’s veteran population sort through such questions, several attorneys volunteered their time at the Veterans’ Legal Advice Clinic in Knoxville on Wednesday, March 8. The Knoxville Bar Association, the Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office, Legal Aid of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial and UT’s law schools, the Knoxville Barristers and the local Veterans’ Affairs office worked together to organize the event. Held on the second Wednesday of each month, the clinic aims to provide veterans with legal advice on a number of topics. The clinic was first established in 2016. J. Spencer Fair, a Knoxville attorney and one of the clinic’s co-founders, volunteered to take the lead on starting the clinic — which follows similar efforts in Memphis — after attending a young lawyers meeting sponsored by the Knoxville Bar Association. Though it switched to a phone-only option for part of the pandemic, the clinic now offers both in-person and over-the-phone services, Legal Aid of East Tennessee attorney Caitlin Torney told The Daily Times. Just a few minutes after the Wednesday clinic began, all five of the lawyers providing advice were busy working with clients