HBA Law Day Contest winNers
The HBA recognized the winners of its Law Week Poster, Essay and Photography Contests at the Houston Young Lawyers Association Law Day Luncheon on May 4. Pictured here are the winners, their parents and teachers, along with contest underwriters Blake Pratz and Jo Simmons of the Pratz Simmons Group at UBS (far left).
HYLA Law Day Luncheon
The HYLA Woodrow B. Seals Outstanding Young Lawyer Award winner was Kristin E. Kruse of Winstead PC, pictured with her father Layne Kruse, mother Gayle Kruse, and fiancée Wes Lotz.
HYLA Law Day Luncheon
HYLA Outstanding Mentor Award winner was the Hon. Brett Busby of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, pictured with his wife, Erin Busby, and HYLA President, Jessica Hart.
Jury Service
To commemorate Law Day, HBA President Carter Crow and Administrative Judge Robert Schaffer distributed copies of the Constitution to citizens who reported for morning jury duty.
HYLA Law Day Luncheon
The HYLA presented the Liberty Bell Award for outstanding community service by a non-attorney to HPD Executive Assistant Chief George T. Buenik, Jr., pictured with his daughters, Jennifer Buenik Altman & Leah Buenik (HYLA Outstanding Committee Chair Award winner), and his wife, Donna Buenik.
Poster Workshops
Special Needs Day at the Courthouse
The Law Week Committee sponsored Special Needs Day at the Courthouse, organized by the Hon. Kem Thompson Frost of the 14th Court of Appeals. Students and teachers visited the historic 1910 Courthouse to hear presentations by local and state judges, as well as get ideas for the HBA Law Week Poster Contest. They got to tour the courthouse and even try out the judges’ robes and seats on the bench.
The Law Week Committee sponsored three Law Day Poster Workshops for urban children, working in partnership with the HLA, MABAH, HISBA and AABA. Volunteers from the legal community provided materials and helped children create posters for the HBA’s Law Day Poster Contest, while talking to them about Law Day and law as a career. Pictured here is Judge Alexandra Smoots-Hogan, who spoke to children at the Chinese Community Center. thehoustonlawyer.com
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