Fort Worth/Tarrant County Young Lawyers Project - Young Lawyers Salary Survey
By:  Jennifer L. Willingham

In today's economy, it is imperative for young lawyers and the employers hiring them to know how much a young attorney can reasonably expect to earn during their first few years of practice. Unfortunately, such information has generally been unavailable in Fort Worth and surrounding areas in Tarrant County.

TYLA Hosts Jack & Jill for a Professionalism and Job Seminar for Students
By:  Lance Currie

Recently, TYLA hosted twenty Dallas-area high school students who participate in the Jack & Jill program for a Professionalism and Job Seminar. Jack & Jill is a national organization with goals to encourage, expose and educate youth through community service projects, academic study and recreation. The program walked the students through the steps of applying for a job, and then taught them the basics of their rights in the workplace. Finally, the students were shown some simple lessons in personal finance.

Using the New TYLA Website as a Resource
By: Robert E. Booth

The new TYLA website at www.tyla.org offers many good resources for young lawyers. When accessing the TYLA website, click the Resources link at the top of the page to access the following resources under the “Lawyers” tab:

ESI Preservation and Collection in the wake of Pension Committee v. Banc of America
By: Jennifer Butler Wells

Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the Southern District of New York, author of the Zubulake opinions, recently released the opinion in Pension Committee v. Banc of America. The opinion, subtitled “Zubulake Revisited: Six Years Later,” seeks to clarify the standards established in the Zubulake opinions.

Texas Lawyers Raise Funds for Access to Justice
By:  Hannah Silk Kapasi

Recently, Texas lawyers received their State Bar of Texas membership dues statement. You may have noticed that the option to contribute to the Access to Justice (ATJ) campaign looked different than it has on past dues statements. The 2010-2011 Membership Statement already included a $150 Access to Justice contribution. You may have chosen to donate $150 for access to justice by simply paying the dues as reflected on your statement.

July 5
Holiday--Independence Day (Texas Law Center closed)

July 6
TYLA grant applications mailed to all TYLA Local Affiliate Presidents for the 2010-2011 Local Affiliate Grant Program

July 6
TYLA deadline to receive committee Plan of Action and Budget Requests

July 16-18
TYLA Executive Committee Retreat

July 23-24
SBOT Local Bar Leaders Conference/TYLA Local Affiliates Conference with Access to Justice Track
-Westin Galleria, Houston
Click here for more information or click here to view the brochure.

August 5-10
ABA/YLD Annual Meeting
-San Francisco, CA

August 20
TYLA Minority Scholarship applications and brochures mailed to all participating Texas ABA-accredited law schools

August 27
TYLA deadline to receive grant applications for the 2010-2011 Local Affiliate Grant Program

August 30
TYLA deadline to receive final first committee report