Celebrating Constitution Day: 2024 James Otis Lecture Series

This year’s James Otis Lecture Series in Austin was a resounding success and illustrated the continued vitality of this educational resource.  Even though the House Chamber was being remodeled and, thus, unavailable for our usual program, we built upon last …

THE ABOTA EXPERIENCE: FRANKFURT

National ABOTA and the German American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV) Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung (DAJV e.V.) – German-American Lawyers’​ Association kicked off the DAJV Annual Conference with “Building Bridges Across the Atlantic: Sharing Skills from the German Legal System and American Civil Jury …

2024 Best In Texas – Great Competition

Congratulations to Baylor University as the Best In Texas 2024 Champions! 

This year’s competition was held in Houston at the Harris County Civil Courthouse. Baylor defeated UT in the finals and will proudly hold the Dickie Grigg trophy until they …

2024 Santa Fe CLE Roundup!

The 16th annual Santa Fe CLE Roundup & Annual Dinner was held June 13-16 at the Eldorado Hotel & Spa. Our attendance continues to grow year after year! We had special guests including ABOTA President, La’Verne Edney, ABOTA Foundation President, …

Houston 2023 Annual Dinner & Awards Honors Legends in Law

The Houston chapter held its Annual Awards Dinner & New Member induction on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at the Briar Club in Houston.

ABOTA National President, Steve Quattlebaum was there to give a rousing talk about ABOTA and to administer …

East Texas – ABOTA Chapter Wins Chapter of the Year

FROM MICHAEL C. SMITH’S EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BLOG

I am ridiculously proud to recognize my East Texas chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates for winning the large chapter of the year award last month at the National Board …