Harvesters of Hope

05/14/2026

Harvesters of Hope is proud to announce our newest participant Rachel Payton is opening her law office in Union Springs. We invite you to her Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting and her Business Workshop on Friday, May 29. Please join us in welcoming Rachel to Union Springs!

04/30/2026

Harvesters of Hope is honored to receive the 2026 Taze Shepard Pro Bono Fairness Award. Thank you, Legal Services Alabama, for recognizing Tom Heflin and Tom Perry and their dedication to recruiting attorneys to serve the underrepresented areas in Alabama.

02/12/2026

Harvesters of Hope would like to wish its executive director and founder, Tom Heflin, the happiest of birthdays as he celebrates another year of bending the arc of justice towards fairness, equity, and representation. Over the years, Tom has committed himself to ensuring that Alabamians are represented fairly and justly both within and outside the legal system. Thank you for your service to Alabama, Tom!

12/31/2025

2025 was a big year for Harvesters of Hope – with 7 lawyers placed and another 8 in progress! As this year comes to a close, you can help plant hope where it’s needed most.

Harvesters of Hope is addressing Alabama’s legal deserts by investing in lawyers willing to serve in communities with little to no access to legal help. These investments don’t just fill gaps -- they strengthen families, create opportunities in communities, and resolve challenges before they turn into crises.

A year-end gift made by December 31 helps recruit, support, and sustain attorneys in underserved counties — ensuring justice is not determined by geography. Contributions can be mailed to Harvesters of Hope, c/o: Tom Heflin, Post Office Box 1021, Montgomery, AL 36101.

Close 2025 by investing in solutions that take root, and start 2026 by helping justice reach those in every corner of Alabama.

12/22/2025

This weekend, Harvesters of Hope's Executive Director, Tom Heflin, spoke to reporters at WAFF 48 on the growing issue of legal deserts in Alabama. Over 40 of Alabama's 67 counties are considered legal deserts, in which hundreds and thousands of citizens are left without the necessary access to justice. Harvesters of Hope exists to remedy this issue by placing new attorneys in as many of these legal deserts, connecting both the citizens and attorneys to resources, connections, and the access to justice that they are entitled to.

To learn more about Harvesters of Hope's initiative, watch Tom Heflin's interview here:

One nonprofit is tackling Alabama’s ‘legal deserts’ issue by recruiting and supporting newly licensed attorneys.For more Local News from WAFF: https://www.wa...

12/08/2025

Harvesters of Hope is excited to place our third attorney since our launch earlier this summer. On Friday, we supported Nic Cavender as he joins the fantastic attorneys at Thompson and Associates in Moulton, Alabama. Thank you to everyone who attended Nic's welcoming, including Judge Angela Terry.

Read more about Nic's opening in the Moulton Advertiser here: https://www.moultonadvertiser.com/news/article_1a39f8ae-b853-4e6d-a0f4-fe7f79f5ba44.html

10/14/2025

Last Friday, dozens of friends, family members, and colleagues celebrated the opening of Diana Cannon Wilson's law office in Camden, Alabama -- one of the first of many new practices that
Harvesters of Hope plans to launch in communities across the state in the months ahead!

The initiative is made possible through the support of the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation, Alabama Law Foundation, Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation, and the Alabama Power Foundation -- all of whom have provided grant funding to bring this vision to life.

10/06/2025

It’s happening again! Harvesters of Hope is proud to announce the opening of a second law office – this one by Diana Cannon Wilson in Camden, Alabama. Wilson’s firm is one of the first of many new practices that Harvesters of Hope plans to launch in communities across the state in the months ahead.