The 3rd Session of the Veterans' Project Needs Your Help, Aug 30
Date: Monday, Aug 30
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: VA Outpatient Clinic, 2901 Montopolis Dr., Room 210
Over 120 veterans were assisted in the first two sessions of the Veterans' Project. With your support, we will help many more at our next legal assistance clinic in August.
We urge attorney volunteers to sign up now for the next session in a few weeks. We seek those who handle traffic tickets, criminal law, family law, bankruptcy, or wills/estate planning, to help these veterans in need. We especially need more attorney volunteers to assist with criminal law and bankruptcy situations for the upcoming clinic!
If you are interested in participating, please contact Debbie Kelly at 472-0279, x105 or e-mail debbie@austinbar.org.
Special thanks to our July volunteers - Richard Pena, Walquiria Sanchez, Phil Friday, Phil Svahn, Kathleen Graham, Frank Brown, Randy Howry, Anna Marie Mendez, Patsy Nichols, Laurie Higginbotham, Olga Seelig, Claude Ducloux, Tina Fernandez, and Jessica Lovejoy!
Civil Courts Online
The Travis County Court Administrator's Office is introducing a new online service that allows users to submit Settings Requests and Ready Announcements 24 hours a day! Ready Announcements are still subject to the timing requirements set forth in Travis County Local Rules 3.1 and 3.2, but this new service allows users to submit their requests and announcements outside the normal 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. operating hours of the Court Administrator's Office.
Law Day Winners Announced
The Austin Bar Law Day Committee, led by Judge Darlene Byrne, has chosen the 2010 Law Day Essay and Poster Contest winners. Congratulations to the winners, who will be recognized at the Law Day Luncheon April 30, and thank you to all who submitted an entry to this year's contests.
Essay Contest
First Place: Charlotte Griesel, McCallum High School (12th grade)
Click here to read the first place essay Looking Forward.
Members Only 4th Friday Free CLE
Date: Friday, July 29
Speaker: Warren Vavra
Topic: The New Civil Courts Online Settings and Announcements System
CLE: 1 hour
Cost: Free, open to members of the Austin Bar Association only
RSVP to Marissa Lara-Arebalo at (512) 472-0279 or marissa@austinbar.org
For online CLE available throughout the year, Austin Bar members receive a discount at www.cleonline.com. Search for "Austin Bar" to find a wide range of seminars presented by the Austin Bar Association.
Settlement Week Expands!
The Dispute Resolution Center, in collaboration with the Travis County district judges, the County Court at Law judges, and the Austin Bar Association, is holding Settlement Month from Sept. 20 - Oct. 31, which gives people a chance to settle their cases in a cost-effective manner with the aid of a trained, neutral mediator.
If you would like to submit a case, please fill out and submit the case submission sheet to the Dispute Resolution Center no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, September 3, 2010. The $25 administrative fee (checks made payable to the Dispute Resolution Center) should be delivered to the DRC with the case submission sheet.
Settlement Month packages are available by clicking here or from the following locations:
- Dispute Resolution Center office, 5407 North IH-35, Suite 410
- Austin Bar office, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700
- Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse, 1000 Guadalupe, first floor information desk
- Julia Benkoski, Co-Chair of Settlement Month Committee, at the Law Office of Julia G. Benkoski, Barton Oaks Plaza One, 901 S. Mopac Expressway, Suite 300
Attorney mediators are needed to volunteer in this public service project. Click here for a Mediator Form, due to the DRC no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 27, 2010.
For specific questions regarding Settlement Month, please call Kris Donley, Executive Director of the Dispute Resolution Center, at 279-1901; Charlie Cannon, Settlement Month Co-Chair, at 372-2469; or Julia Benkoski, Settlement Month Co-Chair, at 329-0491.
