St. Mary’s University School of Law received a $1.8 million gift from an anonymous donor to benefit scholarships for students. The gift is an estate gift pledge of $800,000 toward an existing endowed scholarship for law students and $1 million to create a new endowed scholarship for female law students.… Continue Reading
The State Bar of Texas Litigation Section is offering four full scholarships to legal aid staff attorneys and pro bono volunteers to attend the annual Litigation Update Institute. The Litigation Update Institute takes place on January 30 and January 31, 2020, at the Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel in Austin. The session is worth 13.25 … Continue Reading
The Texas Bar Foundation donated a grant of $10,000 to the State Bar of Texas Diversity in the Profession Committee for its Bar Exam Preparation Scholarships. The Diversity in the Profession, or DIP, Committee aims to help defray the financial burden of preparing for the bar exam. In doing so, the DIP Committee awards vouchers … Continue Reading
The Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Texas is seeking applications for two $2,500 scholarships that will go to women and/or minority law students. The scholarships facilitate and encourage women and minorities to enter the practice of intellectual property law in Texas and to become active members of the State Bar IP … Continue Reading
Bastrop County judges and lawyers stepped out of their courtroom element and onto the stage to raise scholarship money for local students. In the play, A Trial That Never Was: The Shooting of Richard Armstrong Shirley, the litigators—joined by local actors—tried the 1882 case of a Bastrop man who shot and killed the much-older suitor … Continue Reading
Several Texas law firms and law schools are throwing their support behind an initiative that aims to increase the number of actively practicing minority attorneys. The Diversity Scholarship Program—founded by startup company PracticePro that trains law students and new attorneys on practice management skills—seeks to address the gap between minority representation among law students and … Continue Reading
The Houston law firm of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend is bringing attention to Distracted Driving Awareness Month by sponsoring its third annual Text Free Texas Scholarship Contest. The team of personal injury attorneys said it aims to encourage teens to not text while driving because they “have seen all too often the … Continue Reading
The Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas Foundation will meet on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Houston for its annual scholarship luncheon, which provides financial support to six law students who best exemplify leadership, commitment, justice, and equality. Each Houston-based law school selects two scholarship recipients. “It is important that we encourage a … Continue Reading
On March 11, the Association of Women Attorneys – Houston will hold its third annual Premier Women in Law Luncheon to honor modern legal trailblazers. AWA Houston has announced the recipients of its Premier Women in Law Awards: Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman; 14th Court of Appeals Chief Justice Kem Frost; Harris County District … Continue Reading
About 20 Texas prosecutors and legal professionals will attend an upcoming conference on violence against women because of a grant from the Texas Bar Foundation.… Continue Reading
