The Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library now features the Focused Resource Center (FRC), a book display featuring print resources and research guides with a rotating theme to help guide your research on legal topics. The current theme is Reentry and Criminal Law Resources with a focus on civil and constitutional rights.
Read moreOctober 23rd Launches the National Celebration of Pro Bono
The American Bar Association’s (ABA) National Celebration of Pro Bono is the week of October 23-29, 2022. According to the ABA, “Pro bono work is a professional responsibility and an individual ethical commitment of each lawyer.” Every October, legal organizations across the U.S. are encouraged to participate in the National Celebration of Pro Bono week.
Read moreLatest & Greatest – Supreme Quotes: Surprising Quotations in Supreme Court Opinions
Thanks to Benjamin Franklin, we all know that only two things are certain in life: death and taxes. Now, we can also say with some degree of certainty that Benjamin Franklin is top notch as far as “quotable quotes” go. So, too are people like Humphrey Bogart, the Dalai Lama, and Mark Twain. Apparently, the United States Supreme Court has agreed in this regard and had seen fit to pepper some of its opinions with quotations from these well-known individuals and several others, too. Evan J. Roth, a federal Administrative Judge in the Denver Office of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board and self-proclaimed quotation lover, has gathered some of these quotes in a new book, Supreme Quotes: Surprising Quotations in Supreme Court Opinions.
Read moreFor the Public Good: Donate Time or Treasure in the Houston Volunteer Lawyers’ Harvest Peer-to-Peer Campaign
Each October, we celebrate “pro bono” work. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “In Latin, pro bono publico means ‘for the public good;’ in English we generally shorten the phrase to pro bono.” Houston Volunteer Lawyers (HVL) is in the midst of its Harvest Peer-to-Peer Campaign, in which they are asking individuals to engage in pro bono efforts by giving their time or treasure.
Read moreOctober is Domestic Violence Awareness & Prevention Month
Autumn brings more than pumpkin spice and cooler weather—it also brings a time of reflection and support because October is National Domestic Violence Awareness & Prevention Month. This blog post shares definitions and statistics related to domestic violence, as well as information for a local resource, AVDA.
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