Faculty Profile: April Jackson

April Harris Jackson has experienced first-hand the need for better education surrounding older adults' legal needs. As a direct result, April created and successfully heads, Graceful Aging Legal Services, PLLC where she is proud to provide clients with informed estate planning, probate administration, conservatorship/guardianships and other elder law services.
April won her first court case as a member of Hume-Fogg Academic High School's Mock Trial team. She graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Nashville School of Law. Since obtaining her law license in 2012, April has continuously run her practice with a focus on client education and empowerment. April is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association Elder Law Section, Nashville Bar Association Probate Committee, National Academy of Elder Law Tennessee Chapter Programming Committee, and the Lawyers Association for Women. She regularly commits her time to Fifty Forward and the Legal Aid Society.
April and her husband, Ian, live in Hermitage, Tennessee.