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Volume 58 Number 6
FEATURES
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2020 Wrap-Up: Looking 10 Vision Back at Looking Forward By Tim McInturf
Service 12 ProTheBono Next Twenty Years: A Call for Continued Pro Bono Efforts By Anne Chandler
Serving Pro Bono Clients in a Pandemic: Houston Volunteer Lawyers Thompson Knight’s ‘This is Our Town’ Initiative By Michele (Mitch) Gibbons
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Stacy Allen: Representing Protestors By Anietie Akpan
BakerRipley’s Immigration Legal Services Collaborative By cindy ramirez
from the Judiciary 18 Reflections Civil Courts The Hon. Mike Engelhart
Criminal Courts
The Hon. Lori Chambers Gray
Federal Courts –An Interview with The Hon. Andrew M. Edison Houston Municipal Courts The Hon. J. Elaine Marshall
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22 Education A Transformative Year for
Students with Disabilities
By Kevin P. Shields and Jennifer Swanson
Lawyers Fighting for Education Justice in 2021 By Andrew Hairston
Rights 29 Equal A Rainbow During a Pandemic: Bostock’s Impact in Texas By Cheri Thomas
Bearing Witness to Hate
The Houston Lawyer
By Joshua D. Lee, Sarah Tejada, Kristina Vu and Nadine Ona Cover: The HBA conducts Law Day Poster, Photography and Essay contests in local elementary, middle and high schools throughout the area in the weeks surrounding Law Day, May 1. Featured here are some of the winning entries. To see all of the contest winners, visit hba.org/lawday. To read the first place essay, see page 36. Clockwise from left: “Laws Help Us” by Angel Olivera, Sabrina Tittle, Lesley Valadez and Alyssa Celis of MacArthur High School; “Fairness, Equality and Kindness” by Ryuki Hotta, 2nd grade, Austin Parkway Elementary School; “58 Years and Still Dreaming” by Amare’on Reyna, 12th grade, G.W. Carver Magnet School; “We the People” by Logan Lyn, 5th Grade, iUniversity Prep; “Remember Bald Eagle” by Naoki Hotta, kindergarten, St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica; “Lives Matter” by Aven Lumpkin, 5th grade, The Wide School; and “Standing Up for Equality” by Shelby Morrison, 8th grade, Wood Junior High School. The Houston Lawyer (ISSN 0439-660X, U.S.P.S 008-175) is published bimonthly by The Houston Bar Association, 1111 Bagby Street, FLB 200, Houston, TX 77002. Periodical postage paid at Houston, Texas. Subscription rate: $12 for members. $25.00 non-members. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Houston Lawyer, 1111 Bagby Street, FLB 200, Houston, TX 77002. Telephone: 713-759-1133. All editorial inquiries should be addressed to The Houston Lawyer at the above address. All advertising inquiries should be addressed to: Quantum/SUR, 10306 Olympia Dr., Houston, TX 77042, 281-955-2449 ext 1, www.thehoustonlawyer.com, e-mail: leo@quantumsur.com. Views expressed in The Houston Lawyer are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors or the Houston Bar Association. Publishing of an advertisement does not imply endorsement of any product or service offered. ©The Houston Bar Association/QuantumSUR, Inc., 2021. All rights reserved.
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Law 32 Practicing Adapting to Disruptions By Ruby L. Powers
The Post Pandemic Residential Foreclosure Landscape By Dominique Marshall Varner
COVID’s Impact on Houston Commercial Real Estate
By Cassandra McGarvey
Texas Insurance Law in 2021 and Beyond
By Stephen P. Pate and Karl A. Schulz
36 HBA Law Day Essay Contest By Eric Lee