The Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) has received a $43,440 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to create the Texas Future Lawyers Alliance (TFLA). The group will comprise 20 undergraduate aspiring lawyers attending Texas colleges and universities who will receive a year of legal training, legal networking, career guidance, and law school admissions support.
“As it stands today, financial and institutional barriers leave so many talented aspiring lawyers behind before they even have a chance to step into a law school classroom,” said TYLA President-elect Armin Salek, the project’s architect. Salek will take office as TYLA president in June and will lead the implementation of the project during his tenure.
“Many of these aspiring lawyers come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and rural backgrounds,” he said. “These communities also represent the individuals who are the most likely to be impacted by the access to justice gap. TYLA can fight to ensure that the legal profession is equipped with the lived experiences to represent and serve all communities by investing earlier in the pathway to the legal profession.”
For more details, see the press release.