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Week of Jan. 30, 2012
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Settlement Project Committee Meeting, Feb. 1
Join the Settlement Project Committee for their first meeting to discuss how to revamp the Austin Bar's involvement in Settlement Week. Please come and share your ideas and thoughts!
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 1
Time: noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700 - Board Room
Please RSVP to Marissa at marissa@austinbar.org or call 472-0279, x 100.
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New Civil and Family Courthouse - Public Meeting Notice, Feb. 1
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 1
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Granger Building, 314 West 11th St., Commissioners Courtroom - 1st Floor
All Travis County Residents are invited to the second public meeting with county consultants regarding options for financing and developing a proposed new Civil and Family Courthouse and to give input.
Travis County is currently accepting comments on the new family and civil courthouse and the viability of a public-private partnership option. Please submit comments to Belinda Powell at Belinda.powell@co.travis.tx.us and include "Courthouse Feasibility Study" in the subject line.
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One Cup Law, Two Cups Faith: Legal Issues Involving Faith-based Organizations, Feb.3
Date: Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700
Topic: One Cup Law, Two Cups Faith: Legal Issues Involving Faith-based Organizations
CLE: 6.75 hour CLE credit
Cost: $35 per person
Click here for complete conference brochure and registration form.
This is an educational conference for:
- Lawyers who advise ministers and faith-based organizations;
- Spiritual leaders; and
- Elders, trustees, and board members of faith-based organizations.
Sponsored by the Austin Bar Association, Austin Black Lawyers Association, David Chapel Baptist Church Legal Ministry, Hispanic Bar Association of Austin, Interfaith Action of Central Texas, and Lawyer Referral Service of Central Texas.
Contact Diana Aguilar at Diana@austinbar.org or 472-0279, x111 for more information or to RSVP.
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Annual Managing Partner Breakfast, Feb. 9
The Austin Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators invites managing partners and lawyers involved in firm management to an educational breakfast discussion:
Date: Thursday, Feb. 9
Time: 7:30 to 9:00 a.m.
Location: The InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel, Capital Ballroom, 701 Congress Ave.
Topic: The Extraordinary Managing Partner
Speaker: John J. Michalik, J.D., former Executive Director of the International Association of Legal Administrators
Cost: Free; breakfast and valet parking provided.
RSVP to Chrissie Eastin at ceastin@wabsa.com or 454-6864 by Feb. 1
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Gear Up for Cap-10K with Fit Bar Committee!
The Austin Bar Association's Fit Bar Committee is getting ready for the 2012 Capitol 10K, Sunday, March 25. Put on your running shoes and join members of the committee for group runs on the 5-mile loop around Town Lake:
Dates: Saturdays, Feb. 4, March 3, and March 17 (practice run of the Cap-10K course on March 17)
Time: 9:00 a.m. (rain or shine)
Location: Stretching area under the North side of the Mopac Bridge
All fitness levels are welcome! Each session we'll discuss running topics (e.g., shoes, running hills) and work on getting some group t-shirts for race day.
The Fit Bar Committee also invites you to meet-up before the race on March 25. For more information on the Capitol 10K, please visit www.statesman.com/cap10k/. For questions on the group runs or the Fit Bar Committee, please contact Ranelle Meroney at rmeroney@chmc-law.com or Byron McCaffree at godblesstx@gmail.com.
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Volunteers Needed for the Women's Resource Fair, March 3
The Austin Young Lawyers Association is organizing the fifth annual Women's Resource Fair, and volunteers are needed. The event provides hundreds of homeless and low-income women with a full day of all types of services, including legal advice, medical exams, haircuts, child care, and a chance to shop for clothing and shoes.
The Fair is scheduled for Saturday, March 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Schmidt-Jones Family Life Center located at 1300 Lavaca Street (near the First United Methodist Church).
Volunteers are needed to help assist with set-up, clean-up, registration, distributing gift bags, and general duties.
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer, please contact Lauren Kleine at womensresourcefair@hotmail.com.
Also, donations of gently used women's clothing of all types and sizes are being sought for inclusion in the clothing closet at the Women's Resource Fair. Please drop off clothing donations at the Austin Bar Association offices prior to Feb. 29, 2012.
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Seedling Mentors Needed
Seedling's Promise is a school-based mentoring program for children whose parents are in prison. There are over 140 children on a waiting list right now hoping to meet with a positive role model once a week for 30-45 minutes. As a mentor, you could be the difference between a life wasted and a life realized.
The Seedling’s Promise mentor program was launched in February 2006, at the request of a group of school principals who were concerned about the ever growing numbers of children affected by the incarceration of one or both of their parents. The Seedling Foundation recruits volunteers from the community, screens and orients them, and matches them with eligible children. The mentors are then given ongoing support by Mentor Directors, staff of the Foundation, who have been uniquely trained to serve this population of children and the adults who volunteer to help them.
If you are interested in volunteer as a mentor, please contact Bryan Case at carl.bryancase@gmail.com or sign up online at www.seedlingfoundation.net and click on "Mentor Program", then "Become a Mentor."
Interested in participating in more programs like the Seedling Project? Come to the Austin Bar's Law Related Education Committee meeting on Feb. 8, 2012 at noon. RSVP with Marissa at Marissa@austinbar.org or call 472-0279, x 100.
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Looking for a Platform for Leadership? Austin Bar Board Wants You!
We know Austin Bar members are chock-full of fresh ideas that will take the Bar in new, exciting directions for the 2012 - 13 year. If you are ready to take the reins and have demonstrated a history of activity within the organized bar, here's your chance to serve.
Officer positions are one-year terms. Director positions are for two years. Nominees for the office of president-elect shall have served at least two years on the Board of Directors prior to assuming office.
If you are interested, please send a resume along with the position title by Wednesday, Feb. 29 to: Austin Bar Association, Attn: Nominating Committee, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700, Austin, TX 78701.
The Nominating Committee's decision will be announced on or before March 15. The number of candidates to be nominated for each position shall be left to the discretion of a majority of the Nominating Committee. Any qualified member not receiving the nomination of the committee may be included on the ballot by submitting a written petition signed by 75 members of the Bar. Such written petitions must be submitted by Tuesday, April 10.
Voting shall be conducted at the annual meeting of the membership in May and via electronic ballot.
If you have questions about the nomination or election process, please contact Austin Bar Executive Director DeLaine Ward at 472-0279.
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Seeking Nominations for the Best and Brightest of Austin's Legal Community
Austin-area attorneys often put their hearts on the line for others in our community without asking for recognition or even thanks. To honor this selflessness and integrity, the Austin Bar Association is seeking nominations for two awards that will be presented in early May at the Law Day luncheon.
- Regina Rogoff Award - This award is given annually to an attorney in Travis County that has demonstrated outstanding service in the public/non-profit sector. This award was created as a lasting tribute to the career achievements of Regina Rogoff, who started with Legal Aid in 1973 and was Executive Director for 19 years. Past recipients include Berry Crowley, Betti Balli Torres, Bree Buchanan, Fred Fuchs, Garth Corbett, Rod Nelson, Jeana Lungwitz, Ann Forman, and Trish McAllister.
- The Professionalism Award - The Professionalism Award is presented by the Austin Bar Association and Texas Center for Professionalism to a local lawyer who best exemplifies, by conduct and character, truly professional traits, who others in the bar seek to emulate, and who all in the bar admire. Past recipients of this award include Chuck Herring, Xavier Medina, Steve Zager, Larry Langley, Mina Brees, Mike McKetta, Claude Ducloux, Tim Sulak, Jeff Jury, Phil Friday, and David Sheppard.
Please send nominations by Monday, March 19 to DeLaine Ward at DeLaine@austinbar.org or Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700, Austin, Texas 78701.
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Mark Your Calendar - Austin LGBT Bar February CLE, Feb. 22
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 22
Time: noon
Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700
Cost: $10 Austin LGBT Bar members and $15 for non-members
A vegetarian lunch and refreshments will be provided, and the program will be authorized for CLE credit.
To become a member or RSVP, please contact Fred Sultan at 577-9963 or Gary Schumann at 431-6544.
Don't miss "How Babies Are Made: Second-Parent Adoption and Gestational Law for Same-Sex Couples," a moderated panel discussion by adoption and gestational attorneys who will be offering their advice and wisdom regarding the ever evolving practice area of same-sex adoption.
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Save the Date! Travis County Women Lawyers' Association Judicial Reception, Feb. 23
You're invited to an evening of hors d'oeuvres, beverages and wonderful conversations with many distinguished members of the Austin judiciary and for the presentation of the Mary Pearl Williams Scholarship and the Margaret Cooper Scholarship to two local outstanding law students.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Green Pastures Restaurant, 811 W. Live Oak St.
Cost: Free to TCWLA members
Visit www.tcwla.org for more information or to join.
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Upcoming Meetings
SECTIONS:
Wednesday, Feb. 1 - Family Law Section Meeting
Thursday, Feb. 2 - Environmental Law & Health Law Joint Section Meeting
Friday, Feb. 10 - Bankruptcy Law Section Meeting
COMMITTEES:
The following Austin Bar Committees are meeting at the Austin Bar office, 816 Congress, Suite 700 at noon.
Parking is available in the adjacent garage, accessible from 9th Street. Please feel free to attend any that interest you. Since lunch is provided, please RSVP to Marissa at 472-0279, x100 or Marissa@austinbar.org by noon the previous day with your name and the name of the committee, unless otherwise specified.
Wednesday, Feb. 1 - Settlement Project Committee
RSVP to Marissa at 472-0279, x100 or e-mail Marissa@austinbar.org.
Monday, Feb. 6 - Women's Resource Fair Committee
RSVP to Debbie Kelly at 472-0279, x105 or e-mail Debbie@austinbar.org.
Wednesday, Feb. 8 - Law-related Education Committee
RSVP to Marissa at 472-0279, x100 or e-mail Marissa@austinbar.org.
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