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Texas Access to Justice Commission Quarterly Meeting
The next Texas Access to Justice Commission meeting will be held December 14, 2022, from 3:00 - 5 pm. More »
Texas Access to Justice Commission Quarterly Meeting
The October Texas Access to Justice Commission meeting will be held in-person on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. More »
Texas Access to Justice Commission Meeting
An August Texas Access to Justice Commission meeting will be held via Zoom on Monday, August 29, 2022 from 10 AM to noon. We will post the agenda when it is finalized. Please contact ATJMail@texasatj.org for more information. More »
Texas Bar Associations Celebrated for Improving Legal Assistance to Low-Income Texans
Houston – Bar associations from around the state of Texas were honored for their commitment to access to justice issues on July 23 during the State Bar of Texas 2022 Local Bar Leaders Conference in Houston. Harriet Miers, Chair of the Texas Access to Justice Commission, presented the Deborah G. Hankinson awards on behalf of the Commission during the Local Bar Leaders Conference. More »
Texas Access to Justice Commission Quarterly Meeting
The July Texas Access to Justice Commission meeting will be held in-person on Thursday, July 14, 2022 from 9 am to noon at the Texas Law Center in Room 101, 1414 Colorado St, Austin, Texas 78701. The meeting may not last the full 3 hours. We will post the agenda when it is finalized. Please contact ATJMail@texasatj.org for more information. More »
ATJ efforts are enhanced by a grant from the Texas Bar Foundation
The State Bar of Texas was recently awarded a $20,000 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to support the Texas Access to Justice Commission’s ongoing Access to Justice Internship Program. ATJIP participants learn about access to justice issues and attorney-client relationships, gain hands-on legal experience and mentorship, develop legal decision-making and advocacy skills, and provide direct legal services to low-income clients while under the supervision of civil legal aid attorneys. At the same time, legal aid providers receive skilled law students eager to apply legal skills learned in the classroom to help members of the local community resolve their legal issues, expand community outreach, and relieve some of the workload of the legal aid provider. More »
Champions of Justice Gala Benefiting Veterans Raises $550,000
AUSTIN – The Texas Access to Justice Commission with its co-sponsor, the State Bar of Texas, honored veterans throughout the state at the Champions of Justice Gala Benefiting Veterans last night at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center in Austin, where $550,000 was raised to help provide civil legal services to low-income Texas veterans. Texas Supreme Court Justice Brett Busby, who served as the Master of Ceremonies, was pleased to announce the inaugural “Macey and Harry Reasoner Access to Justice Lecture Series”, which featured Lieutenant General (Ret.) Nadja West, 44th Army Surgeon General and former Commanding General of U.S. Army Medical Command as the keynote speaker for the event. More »
