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Texas Young Lawyers Association to hold 8th annual regional summit in El Paso
The Texas Young Lawyers Association, or TYLA, will hold its Eighth annual Western States Regional Summit from May 19 to May 22 at the Hotel Paso del Norte in El Paso. Speakers and attendees will arrive from New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, and other states in the Mountain West to take part in this event, which...
Sponsored Content: Travel Inspires Law Career for SMU Spanish for Legal Professionals Professor
Many language students and professors travel for their studies. Not all find inspiration for seeking a second career in the legal field. Miroslava “Mira” Detcheva, a Senior Lecturer in Spanish in SMU’s Department of World Languages and Literatures, was inspired to pursue a second career in law while studying in Mexico and traveling throughout Latin...
Frank Stevenson elected Western States Bar Conference president
Frank Stevenson, of Locke Lord in Dallas and a past president of the State Bar of Texas, has been elected as president of the Western States Bar Conference. The WSBC is a forum for the interchange of ideas among the leaders of the 15 WSBC member states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New...
El Paso Bar signs MOU with two Mexican bar associations to advance cross-border relations and education
In an event many called “historic,” the El Paso Bar Association on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with two Mexican bar associations to work together to strengthen the rule of law in the U.S. and in Mexico, to facilitate cross-border educational and networking opportunities, and to expedite transactional legal services on both sides of...
ABA seeks attorney volunteers to help along Southern Border
The American Bar Association is seeking licensed attorney volunteers to help with two projects to assist asylum-seekers and immigrant children along Texas’ southern border with Mexico. The ABA’s Commission on Immigration is leading week-long volunteer trips each month from April to October to direct-service projects along the Texas-Mexico border. Volunteers will work at the South Texas Pro...
Event highlights book on shared constitutional history of Texas, Mexico
Contrary to what most might think, the first Texas constitution wasn’t that of the Republic adopted in 1836—but a set of rights and laws from a decade before. That document—the constitution of Coahuila y Texas when the Lone Star State was a part of Mexico—and the proceedings that led to its adoption are the focus...
A Texas attorney’s perspective on the unaccompanied minor crisis along the South Texas border
Linda A. Brandmiller, chair of the State Bar of Texas Committee on Laws Related to Immigration and Nationality and director of ASI, Asociacion de Servicios Para el Inmigrante, recently answered questions via email from the Texas Bar Journal about the current humanitarian crisis on the Texas-Mexico border. Any opinions featured in this article do not...
Random Profile: Daniel Hernandez, Fort Worth
This week's random profile is Daniel Hernandez of Fort Worth.

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