Shout out to David Hall and Ariel Payan, who were jointly awarded the Warren Burnett Award by the State Bar of Texas for extraordinary contributions to improving the quality of criminal legal representation to indigent Texans. TCDLA is proud to have you both as members!
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Davies, who was awarded the Michael K. Moore Award for Excellence in Research or Writing in the Area of Indigent Criminal Defense by the Texas Bar Association. Dr. Davies is the director of research at SMU’s Dedman School of Law’s Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center. Thank you, Dr. Davies, for your contributions to the knowledge and practices of the bench, bar, and scholarly communities!
Kudos to the Rackspace Legal Team, which was awarded the W. Frank Newton Award from the Texas State Bar. The award recognizes the pro bono contributions of attorney groups whose members have made an outstanding contribution to the provision of, or access to, legal services to the poor. The Rackspace Legal Team launched a legal service called “Adopt a Non-Profit Legal Team,” the aim of which is to increase the team’s commitment to meet the CPBO Challenge initiative in which in-house legal teams across the country are challenged to perform pro-bono legal services. The Rackspace Legal Team, which is a branch of Rackspace Technology, “adopted” the in-house legal and compliance team at Haven for Hope of Bexar County, a San Antonio non-profit serving homeless individuals and families. The Rackspace Legal Team handled the legal and compliance issues for Haven of Hope. Thank you to the Rackspace Legal Team for setting an example of how corporate legal teams can contribute their expertise and resources to non-profits to benefit the poor and indigent. Congratulations!
