The HBA celebrates 100 Club members LeClairRyan and Yetter Coleman LLP!
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HBA CIS students started their summer legal internships and heard from program leaders at orientation June 11.

The HBA’s Minority Opportunities in the Legal Profession Committee hosted the 20th Summer Associate Luncheon on June 7. Moderator Rehan Alimohammad and panelists Vijay D’Cruz, Hon. Debra Mayfield and Jarvis Hollingsworth discussed cultivating growth through diversity, at an event with 255 guests. Congratulations to all of the 1L students from Houston’s law schools who were hired as clerks this summer (above), and thank you to the firms, courts and legal departments that hired interns.

Warren W. Harris took office as the 2018-2019 president of the Houston Bar Association at the HBA Annual Dinner on May 17. From left: Warren Harris, Lauren Harris, Wendy Dawson and Alistair Dawson, 2017-2018 HBA president.

The Houston Bar Association announced the Honorable Eugene A. Cook as the inaugural recipient of the Justice Eugene A. Cook Professionalism Award, established by the HBA Board to recognize a lawyer or judge who exemplifies the highest level of legal ethics and a lifetime of professionalism.
Accepting the award at the HBA Annual Dinner on behalf of Justice Cook, who was unable to attend, were Warren Harris, 2018-2019 HBA President; the Hon. Nathan Hecht, Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court; the Hon. Jeff Brown, Texas Supreme Court Justice; and Fred Hagans, Co-chair of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee that developed the Texas Lawyer’s Creed.

The HBA would like to thank the sponsors and 260 volunteers who made this year’s Will-a-Thon possible!

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Thu 21

Law Section: Mergers and Acquisitions
 Emerging Trends in R&W Insurance

June 21 @ 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Thu 21

Law Section: Construction Law
 2017 Case Law Update

June 21 @ 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Fri 22

Law Section: International Law
 New Anti-Corruption and Trade Laws and Other Developments

June 22 @ 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
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