Three Texas attorneys and a San Antonio legal services organization will receive national awards for breaking down barriers through community service, pro bono work, and service to the legal profession, the American Bar Association announced today.… Continue Reading
The State Bar of Texas has launched the "Care Campaign" to help lawyers make pro bono an integral part of their legal practice. Lawyers who perform a certain amount of pro bono can now earn the Care Commitment badge, which will appear by their name on the popular Find a Lawyer page of the State Bar website.… Continue Reading
The Language Access Fund, a new program of the State Bar of Texas, helps connect legal aid organizations across the state with much-needed translation and interpretation services for clients with limited English-language proficiency. Interested legal aid organizations and pro bono attorneys who are working through such groups contact the Language Access Fund to obtain a … Continue Reading
Attorneys will be on hand Feb. 27 in San Antonio to answer legal questions at a free clinic presented by the San Antonio Young Lawyers Association and St. Mary's University School of Law.… Continue Reading
On Nov. 9, the Austin Black Lawyers Association hosted its first free legal clinic based on the State Bar of Texas’s Care Kit that encourages lawyers to engage in pro bono work. Rudolph Metayer, president of ABLA, said he hoped the clinic would achieve one simple … Continue Reading
Proclamations from Gov. Rick Perry and the Supreme Court of Texas helped the State Bar of Texas kick off its weeklong observance of the National Pro Bono Celebration on Monday.… Continue Reading
