TAMU LAW ANSWERS WEBINAR SERIES

• LAW & SOCIAL JUSTICE webinar series
  Spring 2021:  Every other Thursday, 12 p.m. Central
  Jointly hosted by Texas A&M Law and the Network for Justice and co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities, the series engages a variety of people -- students, lawyers, and community leaders -- in a multi-generational conversation to understand the pressing issues in social justice, Latinos & the law.
   
  • Feb 11:  Moving Forward Post-Insurrection
  • Feb 25:  Mental Health Justice: The Hidden Pandemic
  • Mar 11:  Leadership: Mentoring the Next Generation
  • Mar 25:  Justice for Immigrant Youth: An Update on Family Separation
  • Apr 8:  Training Social Justice Lawyers
  • Apr 22:  Farmworker Employment Justice

Recent Webinars:

Lawyers on attack and under attack: The Role and Responsibilities of Lawyers in Electoral Disputes

Ethics CLE

• April 9, 2021
• 1.0 hour Ethics Texas State Bar CLE credit available for Zoom webinar attendees
•  Webinar video

ESG and Investing in an Era of Unprecedented Change

Part of the Lone Star Resilient Investment Forum

Integrating environmental, social and governance ("ESG") practices into decision-making by companies and investors

• April 7-8, 2021
• Presented by Texas A&M University School of Law and Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, in partnership with Strategic Insight Group
•  Interview with Dee Smith, CEO, Strategic Insight Group
•  Interview with Steven Rothstein, Managing Director, Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets

From Investigation to Post-Conviction: Privacy and Technology in Modern Criminal Procedure

Texas A&M Law Review Spring 2021 Symposium

• March 26, 2021
• 3.0 CLE credit hours available for Zoom webinar attendees
• Made possible by the G. Rollie White Trust

Access to Water: Legal Remedies to Fight Water Inequality

First Annual Environmental Justice Conference

Understanding water inequality and how the legal field can play a role in providing water access to historically disenfranchised communities

• March 26, 2021
• Presented by the Ag Law Society and ENRG student organizations and the Energy, Environmental, and Natural Resources Systems Law Program

Fall 2020 Webinars:

• Latinx Civil Rights webinar series  
  Co-hosted with the Network for Justice
  • Introduction to the Network for Justice
  • Who Counts?: The Census, Reapportionment, & Redistricting in the Latinx Community
  • Latinx Economic Opportunity in the Age of COVID
  • The Criminalization of Latinx Immigrants and its Relationship with Black Lives Matter
  • Latinx & Higher Education: Affirmative Action & the Commitment of Hispanic Serving Institutions
  • The Latinx Community in the 2020 Election & Beyond, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities

• A Shadow of Debt: COVID-19's Impact on America's Fiscal Health  

• Texas A&M Law Review Symposium: Containing COVID Catastrophes: Addressing the Effects of COVID-19 on the Agricultural Industry

• A Visit to "Hell's Half Acre" & Fort Worth History  

• One Without the Other? – During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Distressed Businesses Need Both Effective Legal and Communications Strategies  

• Excellence in Teaching Professional Responsibility Online  

• Residential Evictions and Foreclosures when the CARES Act Ends  

• Commercial Tenant Considerations in the Age of COVID  

• Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises and the Joint Venture: Leveraging for More Opportunities and Bigger Engagements  
  Co-hosted with the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce

• Private Equity Firms and the Pandemic: Key Players, Key Concerns, and Tough Decisions  

• Legal Ethics and Lawyering in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic World  
  Joint TAMU Law/Dallas Bar Association Ethics CLE Webinar

• Workplace Implications After the COVID-19 Crisis  

• Navigating the Waters of Business Bankruptcy in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic  

• Immigration Practice and Policy During the Pandemic webinar series  
  • Changing Technology in Immigration Court: COVID-19 and Beyond
  • Human Rights at the Border During COVID-19
  • Requesting Bond, Parole, and Custody Review During COVID-19
  • The Supreme Court's DACA Decision and its Impact
  • Litigating Habeas Petitions for Detained Immigrants Within the Fifth Circuit

CARES Act Webinar Series

Texas A&M faculty also led webinars focusing on the impacts of the CARES Act, addressing:

• Individual Incentives
• Small Business Incentives
• Health Care Implications
• Housing, Commercial Real Estate, and Bankruptcy

Need additional assistance?

LegalLine is a community service program offered twice a month by the Tarrant County Bar Association. Volunteer attorneys from the Tarrant County Bar Association offer free advice to Tarrant County residents on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month from 5pm – 7pm.

As part of the Tarrant County Bar Association’s commitment to the public, local lawyers volunteer two hours of their time to answer questions covering a broad range of topics.

Anyone interested can sign up for an appointment time at tarrantbar.org or by clicking here.