By Karen D. McCloud
To you current lawyers, welcome back to work. If you had time for a vacation, I hope you had a good one. To you returning law students, welcome back to school. I hope you had a good summer experience, and are ready to get back to your studies. To you new law students, welcome to law school. You have chosen a noble profession which will give you a pathway to numerous career options.
If you are unfamiliar with DAYL, we are the only bar organization in Dallas dedicated exclusively to young lawyers. We have over 30 committees that implement approximately 150 projects each year geared toward providing services to lawyers, to children, and to the community at large.
Some of our member benefits include:
Networking with Judges -
In addition to the CLE Series, in April the Judiciary Committee sponsored the annual happy hour with the judiciary at Trader Vic’s. In July, the Committee sponsored the first Bowling with the Bench event at USA Bowl. Both social events were well attended by both judges and lawyers.
Please mark your calendars for the annual Dinner with the Judiciary scheduled on October 23, 2008 at 5:30 p.m.
Networking with Lawyers
Community Service - For those of you who are interested in community service, DAYL has many opportunities for involvement through the Barristers for Babies Committee, the Freedom Run event to be held on September 11, 2008, or through the Lawyers Against Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Ties that Bind, or Aid to the Homeless Committees, to name a few.
Please join us for all upcoming DAYL Socials and join us at some of our CLE programs and community service events. I’d love to meet you and introduce you to the members of the DAYL.
- The networking opportunities with lawyers that have been provided this year are too numerous to mention in this article. The best networking opportunity to meet other young lawyers, judges, and law students is the DAYL Social on the last Thursday of each month. For more information on the upcoming socials and on the various DAYL committees, visit www.dayl.com. This year’s Judiciary Committee has done a wonderful job providing networking opportunities with local judges. In conjunction with the CLE Committee, the Judiciary Committee has co-sponsored a series of CLE judicial panels. In April, Judge Emily Tobolowsky (298th Judicial District Court) spoke about the Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts in her Court. In May, Judges Carlos Cortez (44th Judicial District Court), Martin Hoffman (68th Judicial District Court), Ken Tapscott (County Court at Law No. 4), and Irma Ramirez (Magistrate Judge) spoke about Persuasive Legal Writing. In July, Judge King Fifer (County Court at Law No. 2), Judge Gena Slaughter (191st Judicial District Court), and Judge Teresa Guerra Snelson (Associate Judge) spoke on the Do’s and Don’ts of Discovery. The CLEs were well attended and extremely informative.
