The Austin Young Lawyers’ Association and Austin Bar Association are excited to invite AYLA members to apply for the 2025 Leadership Academy, which is entering its 14th year! The goal of the Leadership Academy is to foster leadership skills in the Austin legal community, expand and develop relationship networks, and to assist Austin-area lawyers in making a difference in our …
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your law practice. I moved to Austin with my then-fiancée, now wife, in June of 2021. I had just graduated from the University of Washington School of Law, and my wife was working remotely because of the pandemic. We were in the position of being able to pick and choose where we …
Freshquires at the Contract Drafting CLE held at the Amini & Conant Law Firm in July. Jared Greathouse and Buck McKinney (head of the table, L-R), both of Amini & Conant, spoke to the group.
Fall is a fantastic time to join the Austin Young Lawyers Association (AYLA)! Join now for 2025 and you’ll also get the rest of 2024 free! Joining an AYLA committee is the perfect way to get involved and meet fellow attorneys. AYLA members can join any of the following committees: The Crawfish Boil Fundraiser Committee plans and organizes an annual …
With August and September comes a new school year and a new bar year! AYLA has lots in store as always, and we are excited to build on its legacy of excellent community service, professionalism, and fun. This new bar year is especially significant for me both personally and professionally, as the beginning of my term as AYLA president coincides …
Austin Bar/AYLA Leadership Academy Class of 2024 Fundraiser Blends Legal and Literary to Raise Money for Center for Child Protection On May 10, 2024, at the Central Public Library downtown, scores of attorneys, friends, family, and community members gathered for a gala fundraiser in support of the Center for Child Protection (CCP), organized by this year’s Leadership Academy. The Austin …
Nadia Bettac (R) won the Austin Bar President’s Award of Merit for her efforts in planning the 2024 Austin Bar Foundation Gala. Leslie Boykin (R) won the Austin Bar’s Outstanding Director Award. Alex Conant (R) won the AYLA Volunteer of the Year Award. Ben Evans (R) won the AYLA President’s Award of Merit. Jillian French (R) won the AYLA Outstanding …
Emily Morris is corporate counsel at PowerSchool, which develops educational software for school systems. Morris is a graduate of Tulane University Law School and received her bachelor’s in marketing from Louisiana State University. During her time there, she also attended the University of Copenhagen to study international corporate law. Morris is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Texas …
On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, AYLA held a CLE on “Trust & Estate Law Basics,” presented by Melissa Pina, VP, Trust & Estates Officer, Cadence Bank. The CLE provided attendees with an overview of considerations of which every attorney should have a basic understanding in serving clients. These included the importance of having a will; potential information needed when building …
One of the questions I am most often asked when talking to and about the legal community is, “What does AYLA do?” It was the first question my distant cousin asked when I shared the news that I would be president of the organization and it is always the top question prospective members have—and rightfully so, when learning about AYLA. …