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A valuable benefit of your Austin Bar Association membership includes access to a wide range of CLEs to keep you informed and help you maintain your CLE hours each year. Don't miss the slate of CLEs being offered by the Austin Bar Association! Registration is required.

Labor and Employment Section CLE - In Person | Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Why and How to Add Prevention Services to Your Employment and ADR Practices

Administrative Law Section All Day CLE | Friday, April 7, 2023
Nuts & Bolts of Administrative Law

As the Board of the Environmental Law Section of the Austin Bar Association prepares for the conclusion of the current bar year, all bar positions will become available. We welcome you to serve on the Board! If you are interested in running for a position as an officer, please e-mail Morgan Johnson, Environmental Law Section, Communications Chair the following by Friday, March 31, 2023:
 
1. a statement of interest (that includes your contact information and relevant environmental law experience), and
2. an indication of the position for which you desire to run.
 
The officer positions for the Section are: Chair, Chair-Elect/Membership and Communications Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, and CLE Chair. For the 2023 nomination and election cycle, officers terms will begin July 1, 2023, and run through the next nomination and election cycle occurring in 2024. Subsequent officer positions will be one-year terms.   

Voting on officer positions shall be conducted via electronic ballot. The decision of the officer selections will be announced on or before May 31, 2023. If you have any questions about the nomination or election process, please contact Morgan Johnson or Lecelle Clarke.

The Austin Bar Association Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee is hosting a book club discussing the book Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation. The meeting will be on April 13 at 12:00 at Hilgers House. Judge Denise Hernandez will lead the discussion on the question by the authors, Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams, Lama Rod Owens, of how teachings that transcend color, class, and caste are hindered by discrimination and the dynamics of power, shame, and ignorance. We look forward to you joining us in sharing space on these important questions leading to dynamic conversations. The event is free and lunch is available for purchase. Please register here by April 11th.

Attorney volunteers will provide brief legal advice in their preferred practice area(s) to veterans in need. Walk-ins are welcome or you may pre-register online.  Sign up starts at 1:30 p.m. and please sign in before 3:30 p.m.

Veterans can also complete an intake application via phone. Call 512.472.0279 x110 to see if you qualify. For more information, please see the click here.

Volunteers may select a specific time slot or attend the entire duration of the clinic to provide advice. Volunteer here.

Monday, April 10, 2023 | 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT

Austin VA Outpatient Clinic | 7901 Metropolis Drive |  Austin, Texas, 78744

A valuable benefit of your Austin Bar Association membership includes access to a wide range of CLEs to keep you informed and help you maintain your CLE hours each year. Don't miss the slate of CLEs being offered by the Austin Bar Association! Registration is required.

OGML Section CLE - Online | March 22, 2023
Oil, Gas, and Mineral Bills filed in the 88th Texas Legislature's Regular Session

Solo and Small Firm Social | March 23, 2023
Please join us on March 23rd at Vivo Austin at 5:30 p.m.

Members Free CLE – In Person | Courtside with the Administrators
Travis County CFCF | 1700 Guadalupe Street
March 23, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Loving It Lawyers Club CLE | Austin Club | March 30, 2023
What I wish I knew when I was a young lawyer and how that knowledge guides me when I help and mentor young lawyers.
Lunch will be provided by the Fowler Law Firm.

Discover evidence-based tips on how to build and maintain strategies to manage one’s mental health while engaging in the very demanding practice of law.
Wed, April 12, 2023 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT

Speaker: Erica Grigg, JD, MEd - Director, Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program

Lunch will be provided. Register here.

This CLE was made possible through a grant from the Texas Young Lawyers Association

The Austin Bar Association Nominating Committee announces the following candidates for the 23-24 bar year which starts July 1.
Uncontested
President-Elect: Mary Ellen King
Secretary: Maitreya Tomlinson
Treasurer:  Judge Maya Guerra Gamble
 
Directors (4 positions with a two-year term)
Randy Cubriel
Rob Frazer
Matt Garcia
Mary Henderson
Rachael Jones
Cheryn Netz
Shelby O’Brien
Ciara Parks

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 by Friday, April 7. Electronic ballots will go out on Friday, April 14, and voting will conclude at the Annual Bench Bar Conference on May 5.

A valuable benefit of your Austin Bar Association membership includes access to a wide range of CLEs to keep you informed and help you maintain your CLE hours each year. Don't miss the slate of CLEs being offered by the Austin Bar Association! Registration is required.

Civil Litigation Section CLE - In Person | March 20, 2023
Sutherland Springs: Taking on the federal government, the gun violence epidemic, and winning

OGML Section CLE - Online | March 22, 2023
Oil, Gas, and Mineral Bills filed in the 88th Texas Legislature's Regular Session

Solo and Small Firm Social | March 23, 2023
Please join us on March 23rd at Vivo Austin at 5:30 p.m.
 

Loving It Lawyers Club CLE | Austin Club | March 30, 2023
What I wish I knew when I was a young lawyer and how that knowledge guides me when I help and mentor young lawyers.
Lunch will be provided by the Fowler Law Firm.

John B. Selman passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2023. Read his full obituary here.

William Rayford Price passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Read his full obituary here.

Looking for office space or have office space to rent? The Austin Bar Association's classifieds are a great resource. See listings and find out how to advertise here.