Houston Young Lawyers Association

HBA Welcoming Veterans, Active Military to First Legal Clinic of 2022

The Houston Bar Association’s Military and Veterans Committee, Houston Young Lawyers Association (HYLA), and Veterans Legal Initiative (VLI) are co-hosting a military and veterans legal clinic at Lone Star Flight Museum on Friday, February 11 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Lone Star Flight Museum. Organizers welcome Houston area veterans, active military, spouses and surviving spouses who are seeking free legal advice. Volunteer attorneys will provide one-on-one legal advice on issues including veterans’ disability […]

James Nguyen Selected to the Prestigious Houston Young Lawyers Association Leadership Academy

James Nguyen

We are pleased to announce that Sorrels Law’s Attorney James Nguyen has been selected to the prestigious Houston Young Lawyers Association (HYLA) Leadership Academy. The mission of HYLA’s Leadership Academy is to prepare young attorneys for leadership roles in HYLA and other organizations through a service-oriented leadership training program. During the tenure of the Academy, members will have the chance to practice and develop their leadership skills while working together to develop and execute a service project designed […]

Harris County Law Library Renamed to Honor Civil Rights Leader Robert W. Hainsworth

Today, Harris County Commissioners Court adopted a resolution, introduced by Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and led by Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee, to rename the Harris County Law Library in honor of Robert W. Hainsworth. In 1951, Mr. Hainsworth filed a lawsuit challenging the “one-table rule,” which was a Law Library rule requiring African-American attorneys to use a single, designated table while working in the library. While the courts denied his call for […]