Austin Bar Blog

In the next episode of Stop the Stigma, we talk to regulatory and public law attorney Greg Cox.

Greg is someone who foresaw that drinking was going to become an issue in his life and so made the decision not to drink before it could get worse. He says his decision not to drink has immensely improved his life. Without alcohol, Greg says he's able to be more present as a husband and father.

As a regulatory law attorney, Greg acknowledges that the wheels of government typically turn the most during cocktail hour. However, choosing not to drink has not destroyed his career. Greg says you just have to get more creative and more intentional about how you network and develop business opportunities.

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Join the Austin Bar via Zoom for 3 hours of ethics! Topics will include resilience training, how to be more proactive, and what legal professionals should know about mental health.

Hear from Claude E. Ducloux, Terry Bentley Hill, and Michelle Fontenot. 

Date: Dec. 6, 2024

Time: 1 - 4 p.m.

Location: Zoom

Credit: 3 hours general credit and 3 ethics credits

Register here.

Questions? Contact Caleb Armstrong, CLE & Events Manager

The Austin Bar Association Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is excited to invite you to our upcoming book club discussion of the New York Times bestselling Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora. This powerful memoir chronicles the author's harrowing journey from El Salvador to the United States as a young child.

Time: 12 - 1 p.m.

Date: Friday, Dec. 13, 2024

Location: Hilgers House, 712 W. 16th St.

Free for Austin Bar and AYLA members!

Complimentary food and drinks

RSVP here.

Bring the whole family to take pictures with Santa! This is a free event for members of the Austin Bar. You will receive a free digital image after the event. Please RSVP to marissa@austinbar.org.

Time: 5-7 p.m.

Date: Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024

Location: Hilgers House, 712 W. 16th St.

Complimentary cookies, hot chocolate, crafts, and more!

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Join us on Sunday, Dec. 8 from 1:00 - 3:00 to wrap gifts for the Partnerships for Children Holiday Wishes program.

Sign up here: https://p4c.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/p4c/projectList.jsp?query.project.id=448 - Select "AYLA Wrapping Event" 

Join AYLA for a CLE on how to navigate the central docket.

Travis County, unlike most other counties, runs on a central docket system that has a plethora of nuances. Court Administrator Warren Vavra will be speaking on how to navigate the central docket to ensure your settings get reached and how to avoid the common mistakes made by other lawyers.

Date: Dec. 8

Time: 1 - 3 p.m.

Location: Travis County Courthouse; 1700 Guadalupe, First Floor, Austin, TX 78701

Speaker: Warren Vavra

The Austin Bar's Animal Law Section is organizing a holiday donation drive to support Meals on Wheels' Pets Assisting the Lives of Seniors (PALS) program.

The purpose of the drive is to ensure seniors' companion animals have the items they need, such as canned food, dry food, sweaters, and small beds.

Donations can be dropped off at Hilgers House, 712 W. 16th St.

Click here to make monetary donations.

The donation drive ends Dec. 6, 2024.

Nominations close Jan. 31. If interested email DeLaine Ward immediately.

The Austin Bar Foundation has established the Clint Harbour UT Law Memorial Fund. This fund is named in honor of longtime Austin Bar member and Foundation Board member Clint Harbour, who passed away in August 2024 at the age of 49. 

100% of the contributions to the memorial fund will go to UT Law and are tax deductible. 

To make a contribution, click here.