All photos courtesy of Antony Ng Graphic design by Kristin Holloway
AYLA Evening with the Judiciary
The Austin Young Lawyers Association held its Eleventh Annual Evening with the Judiciary on September 17, 2009 at the Four Seasons Hotel. The evening was a great success, introducing Austin's young lawyers to the federal, state, local, and administrative judges before whom many will practice throughout their careers. Special Thanks to our 2009 Sponsors!
Patrons
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore
Minton, Burton, Foster & Collins
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr
Scott, Douglass & McConnico
Vinson & Elkins
Sponsors
Akin & Almanza
Andrews Kurth
Barry & Loewy
Bracewell & Giuliani
Byrd Davis Furman
Carls, McDonald & Dalrymple
DLA Piper
Fritz, Byrne, Head & Harrison
Fulbright & Jaworski
Hanna & Plaut
Haynes and Boone
McKool Smith
Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee Reeves & Brightwell
Taylor, Dunham & Burgess
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons
Thompson & Knight
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Corporate Sponsors
Drew Daniels, Compass Bank
Mani Financial Services
Rainmaker Document Technologies
Volunteer for WRF 2010
Volunteers needed for the AYLA Women's Resource Fair.
The Women's Resource Fair will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 and we need your help! The Women's Resource Fair is a comprehensive all day event that will provide to homeless and battered women a variety of free resources and services, including legal assistance, medical & dental services, job skills and educational counseling, social services and veteran's assistance, shelter referrals, mental health counseling, spiritual care, child care, haircuts, breakfast, lunch, transportation and more.
AYLA is currently seeking volunteers to help provide needed services and plan this worthwhile community outreach event.
If you are interested in joining the task force, please contact Debbie Kelly at 512/472-0279 x105 or Debbie@austinbar.org. If you want to find out more information about this great project please join the task force for a meeting. Dec. 1, Jan 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 9, Feb. 23, March 9, March 23. All meeting will be held at the bar offices, 816 Congress Ave. Ste. 700 at noon.
AYLA Wins Awards
AYLA board members accept first place award from TYLA President Cori Harbour
AYLA Special Projects Win Statewide Awards
Austin Young Lawyers Association was presented with three awards by Texas Young Lawyers Association during the annual Bar Leaders Conference in Houston. AYLA won a first place award for a large city in the Single Project Service to the Public and a third place award for Single Project Service to the Bar. AYLA additionally won a third place comprehensive Award of Achievement for their overall projects for the past bar year.
Furthermore, AYLA won the Seventh Annual Deborah G. Hankinson Access to Justice Award for its financial contributions to the Equal Access to Justice Fund from a large-city affiliate.Congratulations!
Need legal advice? Call Austin's free legal hotline
Do you face a general legal issue that makes you want to learn more about your rights? Are you worried about the expense of contacting an attorney and whether you can afford help with general legal questions?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, it’s important that you know about an innovative new program in Austin called “LegalLine.” The public is invited to call LegalLine for free legal advice to simple legal questions or referrals to the appropriate service or agency for further assistance. Best of all, calling LegalLine is absolutely free! The LegalLine (512) 472-8303 is open for calls on the first Tuesday of each month between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Volunteer lawyers will be on hand to assist with general legal questions. The volunteer attorneys are community minded lawyers that have chosen to volunteer their time to provide assistance with general legal questions.
The LegalLine program, which began in October 2007 by hosting its first two-hour phone session, is a public service sponsored by the Austin Young Lawyers Association and the Lawyer Referral Service of Central Texas.
