To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the release of the MMWR report that first documented what later become known as the AIDS epidemic and to observe World AIDS Day, the American Bar Association, will present HIV/AIDS at 40: Perspectives on the Struggle. This free, non-CLE webinar will take place on December 1, 2021 at 3:00pm CST and will offer “a retrospective on the legal, social, and medical struggles and successes associated with HIV/AIDS over the last 40 years.” The ABA also offers an HIV/AIDS Webinar Series “to identify and address legal policy issues affecting or affected by the epidemic domestically and internationally, with a view to ensuring the rights of all concerned are respected and protected.”
Read moreNational Adoption Day: Harris County Family District Courts Celebrate Forever Families
National Adoption Day is an annual event, celebrated since 2000, that has placed more than 75,000 children living in foster care with forever families. In 400 cities across the nation, policymakers, advocates, and key players in the family court system have collaborated to plan events in furtherance of the event’s shared goals: calling attention to the large number of children in the foster care system, reducing the backlog of adoption cases in family courts across the nation, and celebrating the successful adoption of foster children by loving parents. On November 19, 2021, four Harris County Judges will host private adoptions as well as adoptions with the Department of Famliy and Protective Services. Events start at 9:00 am.
Read moreVeterans Day Legal Aid Resources
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According to the United States Census Bureau’s 2015-2019 American Community Survey, as cited in this infographic, seven percent of all Texas adults are veterans of the U.S. military, making Texas the state with the second-highest population of veterans in the nation. Throughout the country, veterans report that access to free legal services is a top ten unmet need. Today, as we honor veterans not only in Texas but in every state, from every branch of the military, and from every service era, we at the Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library are providing links to legal information and resources aimed at addressing the need for veterans’ access to justice.
Read moreDwight D. Eisenhower: The "Pride of Denison"
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“I Like Ike.” These three words comprise one of the most memorable campaign slogans of any United States president. It appeared on everything from the usual campaign props, such as campaign buttons, posters, and badges, but also lollipops, cans, and even cigarette packages. The slogan was also accompanied by a jaunty tune in his televised campaign ads, which in 1952 was quite the novelty for folks at home. These efforts must have worked since Dwight D. Eisenhower won the 1952 and 1956 elections, defeating Adlai Stevenson II both times, to become the 34th President of the United States. Today, we celebrate the birth of Eisenhower, who was born on October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas.
Read moreLights! Camera!...Wait! Is There a Patent for That?
October 6 was a momentous day in the history of the motion picture. In 1889, Thomas Edison, perhaps America’s greatest inventor, displayed the first motion picture, Monkeyshines, a film produced using the kinetograph, a motion picture camera created by Edison’s assistant, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson.
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