I did a Texas Public Information Act request that revealed that the Houston Police Officers’ Union in a June letter urged the Texas comptroller’s office and attorney general’s to deny wrongful-incarceration compensation to a man who was wrongfully convicted of murdering a police officer. The records also showed that high-level executive staff in both offices …
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Blockchain for Beginners: It’s touted as the future of journalism, but what is it?
By Angela Morris (Quill, Spring 2019) Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency could add new revenue streams for journalism. Or perhaps they are nothing more than distractions from the industry’s drastic problems. It depends who you ask. Proponents say that blockchain technology and cryptocurrency could open a new revenue stream for journalism, create permanence of news archives …
About Angela Morris, Austin-based multimedia journalist
I am an Austin, Texas-based multimedia journalist with a passion for covering stories about social justice, gender equity, diversity and inclusion, working parents, mental health and more. I’m primarily a reporter and writer, but also have skills in podcast hosting, videography, photography and web production. Currently, as the Texas litigation reporter for ALM Media, I …
Women Push for Lactation Rooms in Courthouses
By Angela Morris (law.com, March 12, 2019) In courthouses across the country lawyer moms still have no option but to express their breast milk in public bathrooms, where they face frequent interruptions and unsanitary conditions. But some women lawyers are pushing to change the lack of breastfeeding accommodations in courthouses. They’ve succeeded in getting the American Bar …
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Mass shootings prompt bar associations to offer pro bono services to survivors and victims’ families
By Angela Morris (ABA Journal, March 2019) A wide array of legal issues arise for survivors and victims’ family members in the wake of mass shootings. Probate matters are common—easier when the victim had a will, and harder with young or low-income adults who commonly don’t have them. When parents are killed or debilitated by …
Women Ascend to Leadership Ranks at the Biggest Metro Bar Associations in Texas
By Angela Morris (Texas Lawyer, March 2019) Although the female attorneys of Texas, just like their nationwide peers, are still limited in their ascent to the upper echelon in law firms and corporations, their counterparts within local bar associations are finding better leadership opportunities. All five of the Lone Star State’s biggest metropolitan area bar associations …
Blockchain neophyte carves out niche in cryptocurrency litigation
By Angela Morris (ABA Journal, February 2019) David Silver learned about cryptocurrency the way a lot of people do—at a dinner party. It was 2014 and there was one person at the dinner table who was heavy into bitcoin mining—the computer-powered competition that creates new bitcoins. It was the first Silver and most of his …
Grassroots ‘Black Lives’ Program Grows at Law Schools
By Angela Morris (Law.com, Feb. 17, 2019) As part of the trend in “movement” lawyering, nearly 20 law schools across the country are part of Law for Black Lives, a grassroots program focused on racial and social justice. The New York-based nonprofit network is made of up about 5,000 lawyers that launched in 2015 and …
Texas Law Schools Experienced a Modest First-Year Enrollment Gain in 2018
By Angela Morris (Texas Lawyer, February 2019) On the national stage, law schools saw a 3 percent boost in first-year student enrollment—the first gain since 2010—but Texas saw a more modest gain of just 1 percent, which is 2,220 students. However small, an enrollment uptick is welcome news since law schools for years have tightened …