Texas Events & Spotlights

List of Texas events

Pro Bono Profiles:  Selected Texas attorneys are featured on the Texas Bar Blog during October for their commitment to ongoing pro bono efforts

Letter from the Supreme Court of Texas

State Bar President Roland Johnson's message, "Do Pro Bono, Repeat";
Texas Young Lawyer Association President Cori Harbour's article on "Celebrate Pro Bono"

Op-Ed "Celebrating Pro Bono" by State Bar President Roland Johnson

Resolutions & Proclamations


-  State Bar of Texas Board of Directors

-  City of Corpus Christi

-  El Paso Bar Association

News Stories



• Jefferson County Bar to Celebrate Pro Bono Week - Southeast Texas Recorder, 10-20-09

• El Paso Bar Presents Access to Justice Fair - KDBC, 10-14-09

• Dallas' need to recruit even more pro bono work grows, by William Holston - Dallas Morning News, 10-23-09

• Attorney receives award for free work  - Beaumont Enterprise, 10-28-09

• 1st Community Justice Program Awards in Recognition of National Pro Bono Week - Subpoena, San Antonio Bar Assn.

• Lawyers are aware of economic hardship, by Ouisa D. Davis  -
  El Paso Times, 10-30-09

• Lawyers honored for pro bono work - Plainview Daily Herald, 10-30-09

• Program gives Valley couples 'free divorces' - KGBT-TV, 10-30-09

• Pro bono event gives El Pasoans legal help - El Paso Times, 11-1-09

Contact: Kimberly Schmitt
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Recent News

Feb. 3, 2009

TAJF is co-sponsoring the Texas Forum on Self-Represented Litigants and the Courts  

Jan. 25, 2009

Thank you to our 2009 Donors

Jan. 12, 2009

Dallas high school students host "Evening with the Chief" to benefit Texas Access to Justice Foundation 

Dec. 18, 2009

"Indigent litigants get help from legal aid grant" 
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Dec. 15, 2009

TAJF Awards New Grants for Pilot Projects Impacting the Texas Legal Delivery System 

Dec. 11, 2009

Speaker Straus Honored with Star of Justice Award for Access to Justice Efforts 

Dec. 7, 2009

"Need is up, funding plummets for legal aid"  Washington Post

Nov. 13, 2009

News about the FDIC's extended Transaction Account Guarantee (TAG) program

Nov. 9, 2009

Waco Banks Recognized for Supporting Legal Services to the Poor

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