Texas Lawyers Bar Association appoints new administrators
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
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.…
DBA Entrepreneurs in Community Lawyering
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.…
Tina R. Green to receive 2020 Gene Cavin Award for Excellence in CLE
Tina R. Green, of Texarkana, will receive the 2020 Gene Cavin Award for Excellence in CLE at an upcoming TexasBarCLE program of her choice.…
Watch online: Chief Justice Hecht to accept advocacy award on behalf of Texas Supreme Court
By Amy Starnes
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…
TYLA Director Spotlight: Eduardo Marquez Certucha
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…
TYLA Director Spotlight: Susan S. Smith
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…
Opinion: Justice system fails marginalized Texans when they need it most
“No Justice, No Peace.” These four words often permeate protests about the disparate treatment of marginalized people in our criminal justice system.
The civil justice system has also failed these communities. America’s greatness is based on the principles of equality and justice but the promise of “justice for all” holds empty for hundreds of thousands of Texans and has for decades. The doors of the civil justice system are most often closed to those in…
Texas law school deans issue statement condemning racism, remembering George Floyd
By Amy Starnes
Editor’s note: The 10 Texas law school deans have issued a joint statement condemning racism and remembering Houstonian George Floyd. It is reprinted in full below.
To the Texas legal community:
Each of us is the dean of one of the 10 Texas law schools. At first glance, our 10 schools might be considered a collective study in contrasts: Private and public. Large and small. Faith-based and secular. Urban and rural. Old and new.
The…
State Bar of Texas statement on George Floyd and equal access to justice
By Staff Report
Editor’s Note: State Bar of Texas President Randy Sorrels and Executive Director Trey Apffel sent the following message to members on June 9.
As our nation struggles with the events of the day which include the senseless killing of Texan George Floyd, the State Bar of Texas remains committed to the principle that all people are entitled to equal access to justice. This principle includes the commitment to honor the exercise of every American’s Constitutional…