To celebrate Women’s History Month, the Austin Bar Association’s podcast, Council of Firsts, featured the “Ladies of the Austin Bar.”  For the first time in history, all top leadership positions in the Austin Bar Foundation, Austin Bar Association, and Austin Young Lawyers Association are held by women, with women waiting in the wings.  Amanda Arriaga is the Austin Bar Foundation

Austin attorney Denise Hyde initiated the Adoption Day Committee for the Austin Bar Association and has been the chair of the committee since it began. While Adoption Day is a wonderful celebration for children who get adopted, the reality is that some children in the foster care system never reunite with their families or find new families, and instead “age