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Week of January 28, 2008
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Judicial Preference Poll Deploys, TOMORROW, January 29
The Judicial Preference Poll will be hitting your e-mail inboxes Tuesday, January 29 at 8 a.m. Please update your spam software to allow the e-mailed ballot to enter your inbox from AustinBar@austinbar.org.
The poll will be e-mailed to all Austin Bar members for which we have e-mail addresses. If you do not receive the e-mailed ballot or wish to vote in person, please come to the Austin Bar Association office at 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700.
The Preference Poll includes only the contested judicial races. Please contact the Austin Bar for more information at 472-0279.
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Immigration Project Training, February 1
Time: noon
Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 700
Topic: Introduction to Naturalization
Speaker: Edna Yang, General Council, Political Asylum Project of Austin
CLE: 1.5 Hours
Cost: Free, lunch will be provided
RSVP to Michelle McFadyen at (512) 472-0279 or Michelle@austinbar.org
The Austin Bar Association is partnering with the Political Asylum Project to provide legal assistance to qualified applicants seeking U.S. citizenship. This training gives you not only 1.5 hours of CLE, but also the ability to help someone seeking to make America their home.
The training will cover the following:
a. Requirements of Naturalization
b. Frequently Seen Problems/Issues/Bars to Naturalization
c. How to Complete the Naturalization Application
d. General Format of the Naturalization Clinics - What to Expect on Saturday
Participants in this free CLE will be required to volunteer at one of the clinics to be held on Saturday, Feb. 2 and Saturday, Feb. 9 to complete the application for U. S. citizenship for a pre-screened applicant. Total attorney time for the training and the rendering of legal assistance will be two and one-half hours. Call DeLaine Ward at 472-0279 with any questions.
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Last Call for Volunteer Mock Trial Judges, February 2
With less than one week to go before the Central Texas High School Mock Trial Competition on Saturday, Feb. 2, AYLA needs FIVE more volunteer judges to make the competition happen. Volunteer judges will critique and score teams of high school students from area schools who prepare and present all aspects of a mock trial (opening argument, closing argument, direct and cross examination of several witnesses). The regional champion advances to the State Mock Trial Competition in Dallas with possible advancement to the national competition.
If you can volunteer a couple of hours on Feb. 2 to help some potential future lawyers, please contact AYLA Mock Trial Committee co-Chairs Mike Johnson (mjohnson@thompsoncoe.com) or Nicki Grodner (ngrodner@velaw.com).
No experience necessary--just a desire to help local high school students. There is virtually no advance preparation needed (all judges will receive information describing the relevant issues). The time commitment is minimal--each round lasts approximately two hours--and CLE credit is available.
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It All Comes Together at Brackenridge, Deadline February 8
Sponsor Deadline: Friday, Feb. 8
Event Date: Friday, April 18
Location: Four Seasons Hotel, 98 San Jacinto Blvd.
Members of the Brackenridge Development Council are please to announce that Mayor Pro-Tem Betty Dunkerley will be honored at a special luncheon entitled “It All Comes Together at Brackenridge.” The Mayor Pro-Tem will be recognized for her strong advocacy on healthcare issues and for her leadership in providing solutions to preserve the fabric of our community’s safety net hospital.
Proceeds from the luncheon will allow Brackenridge, a member of the Seton Family of Hospitals, to take its medical innovation, academic medicine, and excellence in trauma and the neurosciences to an even higher level.
If interested in sponsoring a table, click here to view the different levels of sponsorship and for a sponsor form.
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People's Law School is Back February 23 - Spread the Word to Family and Friends
People's Law School is a day that offers free legal information to the public. This event, held at the UT Law School on Saturday, February 23, features discussion of basic legal issues covering more than 30 subjects including small business issues, identity theft, wills & estate planning, constitutional law, and more.
This is an extremely valuable event to those who attend. Pass this on to family and friends and give them a chance to learn a little about the law - all for free!
For a list of topics and times, as well as online registration and directions to the event, click here.
For more information, contact Brooke at 472-0279 or Brooke@austinbar.org.
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Support the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Foundation
By becoming a Fellow of the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Foundation, you will be supporting, promoting and encouraging activities for the furtherance of justice and equal opportunity for women, families and children. Click here for more information on the Foundation and TCWLA.
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