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Texas Bar Foundation awards CHILDREN AT RISK $27,545

June 26, 2020

The Texas Bar Foundation’s award of $27,545 in funding will bolster research and advocacy nonprofit CHILDREN AT RISK’s efforts to help victims of sex trafficking. In particular, the organization will be able to gather research about the nondisclosure process created by the 86th Legislature and educate the legal community on how to use it to seal criminal records of victims who receive convictions resulting from being trafficked.…

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Fifty-year lawyer presented with lawyer pin and certificate as birthday surprise

By Adam Faderewski

June 26, 2020

Horace F. “Fred” Brown, a minister at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Blanco, was presented with a surprise on his 82nd birthday—his 50-year-lawyer pin and certificate. Brown, who received his law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law, practiced general legal matters, mostly litigation, with his father for more than two decades. While working as an attorney, he began doing prison ministries and gradually took to his current calling as a…

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State Bar board to meet virtually June 24-25; public comments accepted

By Staff Report

June 24, 2020

UPDATED 6/24/20: Due to technical difficulties with YouTube, the June 24-25 board meetings are being live streamed on Facebook Live at facebook.com/statebaroftexas. ORIGINAL POST: The State Bar of Texas Board of Directors will hold virtual meetings June 24-25 with a live stream on the bar’s YouTube channel. Members of the 2019-2020 board will hold their final quarterly business meeting starting at 9 a.m. June 24. Public comments will be received starting at approximately 9:15 a.m.…

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State Bar of Texas Board of Directors meeting to begin at 10 a.m.

By Amy Starnes

June 24, 2020

The State Bar of Texas Board of Directors meeting on June 24 has been postponed to 10 a.m. due to technical difficulties. The meeting will be viewable by the public via a live stream on the bar’s Facebook page: facebook.com/statebaroftexas. Links to board agendas and materials are available at texasbar.com/bodmaterials.…

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Texas Lawyers Bar Association appoints new administrators

By Adam Faderewski

June 23, 2020

Texas Lawyers Bar Association appointed six new administrators on June 22: Anita Kawaja, Johnetta Lang, Angel Mata, Eli Ponce McClain, Lydia Mount, and Sherrie Haussner Travers.…

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Houston Volunteer Lawyers names Anne Chandler executive director

By Adam Faderewski

June 23, 2020

Houston Volunteer Lawyers named Anne Chandler as the new executive director effective June 22, 2020. In her role as executive director, Chandler will oversee HVL’s mission to provide free civil legal services to low-income people in Harris County and promote volunteerism among attorneys.…

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DBA Entrepreneurs in Community Lawyering

By Jessica Smith

June 23, 2020

Interested in opening your own practice and bringing justice to everyday people? Apply Now! Visit dallasbar.org/incubatorprogram to apply. Application deadline: Friday, July 17, 2020. The Dallas Bar Association launched “Entrepreneurs in Community Lawyering” in 2019 as the first local legal incubator program in Dallas. The incubator helps socially conscious lawyers start a financially sustainable solo or small firm practice that caters to a lower income clientele.…

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Tina R. Green to receive 2020 Gene Cavin Award for Excellence in CLE

By Adam Faderewski

June 22, 2020

Tina R. Green, of Texarkana, will receive the 2020 Gene Cavin Award for Excellence in CLE at an upcoming TexasBarCLE program of her choice.…

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Watch online: Chief Justice Hecht to accept advocacy award on behalf of Texas Supreme Court

By Amy Starnes

June 22, 2020

Legal Aid of Northwest Texas’s 20th annual Women’s Advocacy Awards event will continue virtually on June 24 with honorees Chief Justice Nathan Hecht and Amy Yeager of Children’s Health. The online event runs 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. and is free. Chief Hecht, who is accepting the Champion of Justice Award on behalf of the Supreme Court of Texas, and Yeager, senior vice president and general counsel of Children’s Health, will be interviewed by SMU Dedman…

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TYLA Director Spotlight: Eduardo Marquez Certucha

By Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA)

June 21, 2020

Editor’s Note: In this blog series, we are getting to know the members of the Texas Young Lawyers Association Board of Directors. TYLA, commonly called the “public service arm” of the State Bar of Texas, works to facilitate the administration of justice, foster respect for the law, and advance the role of the legal profession in serving the public. All TYLA programs are accomplished through the volunteer efforts of its board and committee members, with the…

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News on the Lawyers and Legal Professionals of Texas

Texas Bar Foundation awards CHILDREN AT RISK $27,545

Fifty-year lawyer presented with lawyer pin and certificate as birthday surprise

State Bar board to meet virtually June 24-25; public comments accepted

State Bar of Texas Board of Directors meeting to begin at 10 a.m.

Texas Lawyers Bar Association appoints new administrators

Houston Volunteer Lawyers names Anne Chandler executive director

DBA Entrepreneurs in Community Lawyering

Tina R. Green to receive 2020 Gene Cavin Award for Excellence in CLE

Watch online: Chief Justice Hecht to accept advocacy award on behalf of Texas Supreme Court

TYLA Director Spotlight: Eduardo Marquez Certucha

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