You were challenged to come together as a family to continue our work as stewards of our community, promoters of the rule of law, preservers of access to justice, and buoys of one another. Despite what seemed to be an endless parade of variants and postponements, you responded to the call! June 10, which will explore gender equity and feature some outstanding speakers and special guests.4 [Applause with even greater reverence than before.] Thank you to the Law-Related Education Committee, chaired by Ann Greenberg, Judge Karin Crump, and Armin Salek, who helped re-establish the Austin Bar Association’s participation in Law Day. This is a tradition that we have sorely missed, and we
are so very happy that it is back in our lives. I also want to thank Pastor Joseph Parker and the Austin Bar’s History & Traditions Committee for continuing your valiant work in studying and preserving the rich history of the Austin Bar, and the legal community. I am so excited to see what is next for both of these committees! [Happy applause.] Finally, I would be negligent in the performance of my duties,
remiss even, if I did not provide a special acknowledgment to one of my favorite projects and committees, the 2022 Austin Bar Association/Austin Young Lawyers Association Leadership Academy. You may have missed it, but the Leadership Academy is celebrating its 10th anniversary! [Pause for air horns and whistles.] This year’s class will be hosting a reception following today’s graduation. [Unfold and read from invitation in dramatic manner.] The event is called “Lawlapalooza” and will be held Saturday, June 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the outdoor lawn of Hilgers House. For more information, please contact Michelle King at mking@mvbalaw.com. I will see you there! Alas, the time has come for me to say goodbye. [High enthusiastic and anticipatory applause.] I am optimistic and excited about all of the wonderful things we will all accomplish in the coming bar year. I know President Amanda Arriaga will only improve upon what so many others have worked so hard to build before her. Before I go, however, it is only fitting that I leave you with this pontification from Theodor Seuss Geisel, who is widely knows as the “Learned Hand of children’s literature”: You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…. Say! I like green eggs and ham! I do! I like them, Sam-I-Am! AUSTIN LAWYER L AL ThankAyou! Footnotes 1. Fun fact time! “Pomp and Circumstance” was first performed in Liverpool England on Oct. 19, 1901 by the Liverpool Orchestral Society. The title was derived from Othello, specifically the line “Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!” 2. Fun fact time again! Sir James Paul McCartney and John Winston Lennon were both born in Liverpool, England. Note to self: Learn how to convey a “deadpan delivery” in prose so that it is painfully obvious to the reader without having to add notes to let them in on the joke. Yes, it is generational common knowledge that John Lennon changed his name to John Winston Ono Lennon before his untimely death in 1980. 3. Yet another fun fact! You can purchase tickets to Bench Bar, and many other Austin Bar Association and Austin Bar Foundation events, at www.austinbar.org. 4. Id.
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