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Young
Lawyers Giving Back
to Communities During the Holidays
They're
doing it again! Each year about this
time, local young lawyer organizations
redouble their efforts to give back
to their communities. In addition
to the community service projects
that local affiliates provide to their
towns year- round, young lawyers like
you find a way to give even more of
their time during the busy holiday
season. Here's a look at what community-minded
lawyers are doing this month: (continued)
Featured
Local Affiliate Leader
Alyson
Dietrich, Collin County YLA
Alyson Dietrich, December's featured
Texas young lawyer, hails from Collin
County, just north of Dallas for those
of you not familiar with North Texas
geography. When not indulging in a little
globetrotting, Dietrich is working hard
and wearing the white hat at work as
a felony prosecutor with the Collin
County District Attorney's Office and
as the vice president of the Collin
County Young Lawyers Association (CCYLA).
Dietrich's professionalism, bar service,
and diverse interests earned her the
distinction of this month's featured
leader.
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Feature
TYLA Project
The Texas Off Campus Recruitment Program
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The Best Kept Recruiting Secret for
Firms Looking at Texas Law Schools
The
Texas Off-Campus Recruitment Program
is a unique recruiting opportunity
for employers seeking to hire law
students for summer clerkships or
new associate positions. All nine
Texas law schools participate in the
program, which allows employers a
one-stop shopping opportunity to interview
law students from Baylor, St. Mary's,
South Texas College of Law, SMU-Dedman,TSU-Thurgood
Marshall, Texas Tech, Texas Wesleyan,
University of Houston Law Center,
and the University of Texas.
Whether
this is used as the only recruiting
tool or a supplement to a formalized,
annual recruitment program, employers
will find this a superb opportunity
to interview a wide range of candidates
at minimal expense and with a minimal
investment of time. This year's
Employer Registration deadline is
January 8, 2004. (more
info)
The
Faces of TYLA
Every
month, the eNews features a project
developed by TYLA to show what your
association is doing for you (our
members) or for Texas communities
through public service. The eNews
also features local young lawyer leaders
across the state who are not on the
TYLA Board, but this newsletter has
never shown you some of the hard workers
behind the scenes at TYLA. This month
we are proud to highlight some of
the behind-the-scenes folks who helped
get a few special projects off the
ground.
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Take
Time to Say Thanks!
By Gindi Eckel -
Okay,
so I just got back from Italy. And
when I say, "just got back,"
I mean it. I'm suffering a severe
case of jet lag as I type. Over the
course of the trip, which was absolutely
wonderful, my friend and I would occassionally
play this little game. While the game
went without name, it could have well
been entitled: "What I Miss From
Home." Embarrassingly, the game
winner was something between the bottomless
cup of coffee/to-go cups, and streets
that don't change names every block.
(Boy, could I get turned around in
Rome!)
About
nine days into the trip, I was riding
the train from Florence to Venice
and realized that it was THANKSGIVING!
No family to talk to, no turkey to
gorge on, and no Macy's Thanksgiving
Day parade. Heck, it took me half
the day to even realize what day it
was. It was such a weird feeling--I
have never been away from my family
or America on Thanksgiving or Christmas.
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