March 1-2 - Thur.-Friday
New Lawyer CLE and Practice Skills for New Lawyers in Houston at the Sheraton.

March 2 - Friday
TYLA Off Campus Recruitment Program at South Texas College of Law

March 28-31 - Wed.-Sat.
TYLA hosts its Annual National Trial Competition in Houston at the Hilton Americas.

April 2 - Monday
Distribution of SBOT and TYLA electronic election ballots.

April 6 - Friday
TYLA Deadline to receive completed nomination forms for ABA/YLD District 26 Rep. election

April 9 - Monday
TYLA deadline to receive Liberty Bell Award, Outstanding Young Lawyer and Outstanding Mentor of Texas Award applications.

April 11 - Wednesday
Online election balloting ends at 5:00pm

April 16 - Monday
TYLA deadline to receive entries for the TYLA State Award of Achievement Comp.

April 23 - Monday
TYLA ballots for the ABA/YLD District 26 Rep. election mailed to all ABA/YLD District 26 affiliate presidents.

April 30- Monday
Law Day Ceremony - Texas Law Center

Meet the TYLA Board

Officers

Karin Crump, President
Gindi Eckel Vincent, Chair
Cheryl S. Camin, Vice President
Christine G. Albano, Secretary
Lisa S. Richardson, Treasurer
William W. Miller, Jr., President-elect
Mary E. Reveles, Chair-elect
Lee Ann Reno, Immediate Past President

Directors

David Anderson, Dallas
Cade W. Browning, Abilene
Rob Cañas, District Dallas
Sylvia A. Cardona, San Antonio
C. Davis Chapman, Fort Worth
Eraka L. Childs, Houston
Kelly-Ann F. Clarke, Galveston
Kirsten Barron Cohoon, Houston
Stephanie Daley, Fort Worth
Chad P. Ellis, Richmond
Rabecca Cross, Houston
Israel Garcia, San Antonio
Clint Harbour, Austin
Cori Harbour, El Paso
Christopher L. Jensen, Amarillo
Christy Martin Liddle, Houston
Edward F. Maddox, Laredo
Errin Martin, Sherman
Brian C. Miller, Corpus Christi
Jennifer Evans Morris, Dallas
Daniel Peugh, Denton
Connie H. Pfeiffer, Houston
Heath C. Poole, College Station
C.E. Rhodes, Houston
Patrick Rodriguez, Brownsville
Clay B. Scheitzach, Dallas
James R. Secrest, Temple
Michele Surratt, Odessa
Russell H. Thomasson, Lubbock
John D. West, Jr., Beaumont
C. Frank Wood, Brownsville
Kristie Wright, Texarkana
Patsy P. Yung, Dallas

Liaisons

Justice Dale Wainwright, Supreme Court
Jeff Edwards, Access To Justice Liaison
Kimberly Burke, ABA/YLD District 25
Amy Davis Benavides, ABA/YLD District 26
Dean Lawrence Sager, Law School Liaison
Dustin Howell, Law Student Liaison

Staff Office

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 12487
Austin 78711-2487
Physical Address:
1414 Colorado, Suite 502
Austin 78701
(800) 204-2222, ext. 1529
(512) 427-1529
fax: (512) 427-4117

Tracy Brown, Director
Denny Sheppard, Project Coordinator
Bree Trevino, Office Manager

TYLA 2007-2008 President-Elect Candidates 

Cheryl Camin Dallas (view website )

Sylvia Cardona San Antonio (view website)

Votes for State Bar and TYLA presidents-elect and district directors can be cast either via paper ballot or voting online from April 2-May 1, 2007.  

This year, attorneys will have the entire voting period to vote using either paper ballots or online balloting.  The voting process will occur as follows: (Cont.)

 

Feature TYLA Affiliate

Las Vegas is a Great Spot for a Quality CLE

Did you ever wish there was an enjoyable way to earn your CLE hours without busting the bank? If you answered “yes,” then you will be interested in the CLE seminar in Las Vegas being sponsored by two TYLA local affiliates on April 14, 2007.

The Amarillo Area Young Lawyers Association and the Austin Young Lawyers Association are proud to present the Eighth Annual Las Vegas CLE - Saturday, April 14th, 2007. (Cont.)

 

Meet the Affiliates

If your affiliate has an upcoming event that you would like featured in eNews, please forward the information to Bree Trevino or contact eNews Co-Chairs Kendyl Hanks or Brad Allen.

 

Feature TYLA Project

How to Get to Trial By the End of March

Are your cases settling before trial? Has it been too long since you've spoken up in court? Then get thee to the newest courthouses in Houston, where there is a sure way to live through an entire trial by the end of the month.

How? Serve as a judge or witness in the finals of the National Trial Competition. (Cont.)

Tips for Young Lawyers

New Young Lawyers Course

Did you just get your bar exam results? Are you anxiously awaiting the results? Or have you been toiling away for a couple of years and still feel like you missed a year in law school? Well, the New Lawyers Course and Practice Skills Course has all you need! This Thursday and Friday (March 1-2), TYLA and Texas Bar CLE will be holding the “New Lawyers CLE and Practice Skills for New Lawyers” course at the Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel in Houston. Attendance on both days will result in 13.5 hours of CLE credit, including 4.25 hours of ethics. The course will feature diverse topics and presenters that will help Texas young lawyers “survive and thrive” in the practice of law! (Cont.)

 

Article of Interest

Court Interpreters: What Every Litigator Should Know
by Rabecca Cross

Rabecca Cross

Both federal and Texas state law require qualified interpreters for criminal defendants who cannot speak English. In addition, civil litigants in Texas are often in need of interpreters, as are jurors. As a result, a Texas litigator who spends any significant amount of time inside the courtroom will eventually encounter a court interpreter. Many litigators, however have little more than a cursory understanding of the court interpreter's role. A skilled trial attorney should have a basic background knowledge of a court interpreter's function. (Cont.)

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Take Note

Join us in San Antonio June 21-22, 2007, for the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting. This year's Annual Meeting offers value, convenience, and excellent CLE. Your registration includes admission to two full days of CLE plus a flash drive offering easy access to the entire library of CLE information provided at the meeting. (Cont.)

ABA/YLD Report

ABA/YLD Midyear Report and Upcoming Events

Young Lawyers Meet to Share Affiliate Project Ideas, Attend CLE and Socialize . Young lawyers from all over the country attended the Midyear Meeting in Miami Florida the weekend of February 9-10. The YLD Assembly met to debate and vote on matters of importance to the YLD, and to hear reports from the senior ABA and other affiliates. Young lawyers also had the opportunity to attend excellent programming of interest to lawyers in their first few years of practice.

YLD also highlighted its new member service initiative, the 101 Practice Series , which focuses on the lawyers that are new to our profession and who are in their first three years of practice. YLD's goal is to provide these new lawyers with basic training in both substantive and practical aspects of a law practice. (Cont.)

Upcoming Events

• March 1-2, 2007: New Lawyer CLE and Practice Skills for New Lawyers in Houston at the Sheraton.
  
• March 2, 2007: TYLA Off Campus Recruitment Program at South Texas College of Law.
  
• March 28-31, 2007: TYLA hosts its Annual National Trial Competition in Houston at the Hilton Americas.
  
• April 30, 2007: Law Day Ceremony - Texas Law Center

TYLA Annual Report 2006

Want to know how TYLA is serving its members and the community? Then be sure to read the 2006 annual report, which details the activities of TYLA during the 2005-2006 Bar year. Click here for a copy or call 800-204-2222 x 1529 and we'll send you a copy.

 

 

Get Involved and Sign Up Today!

If you want to be involved as an active volunteer in TYLA, now is the best time. The new Bar year is just getting underway, and you can get in on the ground floor and really help shape the work of our public or member service committees of your choice. Visit our website to find out more about TYLA committees and their focus .. then sign up online!

Please note: if you signed up for a committee prior to June 2006, you will need to sign up for your committees again. Committee memberships are reset
each year on June 1.