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By Angela Morris (law.com, Feb. 4, 2019) In her day job, Dallas lawyer Chasity Henry works in-house at Kimberly Clark-Corp., but when she’s not tending to the global giant’s transactions, she’s extending her hand to pull other black woman lawyers up the career ladder. It started when Henry and former law school friends, all black …
By Angela Morris (Texas Lawyer, March 2, 2015) Attorneys who watched the tornado of legal arguments surrounding the state’s first legal same-sex marriage said that the newlyweds’ counsel “beautifully” executed a creative legal strategy to help their clients tie the knot. Austin lawyer Chuck Herring, partner in Herring & Irwin, handled the case pro bono …
To read more about lawyers and their childcare struggles, read my story, Women Lawyers Deploy Tactical Maneuvers to Handle Child Care, originally published on law.com on Jan. 23, 2019.
By Angela Morris (law.com, Jan. 23, 2019) Jeanene Jobst, senior counsel at Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta, was at work when a phone call sent her into a panic. The babysitter who was scheduled to pick up her young daughter at her school bus stop was canceling at the last minute. With just 10 minutes until …
By Angela Morris (law.com, Jan. 15, 2019) In the past, when a Brooklyn-based toy company created action figures of popular politicians—for example, Bernie Sanders or Ruth Bader Ginsburg—it found the real-life person and gave a gift of one of the dolls. But FCTRY will likely skip the step this week when it releases a new …
By Angela Morris (Editor & Publisher, January 2019) There’s mounting evidence of a contagion effect in media coverage of mass shootings and school shootings, but experts say that most journalists know nothing about the research. Victims’ advocates and academic scholars who urge media reform have said the media is doing better at reporting more about …
by Angela Morris (Texas Lawyer, January/February 2019 issue) A new era is on the horizon for Texas law graduates taking the bar exam—but many current and prospective law students might not know anything about it. The Texas Supreme Court has approved a recommendation to replace the Texas bar exam with the Uniform Bar Examination, effective in …
By Angela Morris (ABA Journal, December 2018) Last year, a Houston lawyer went to Las Vegas to attend a country music festival but came home a survivor of a tragic type of mass violence that has become all too common in modern America. When a gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at the Route …
By Angela Morris (Texas Lawyer magazine, December 2018) Texas law students yearning for rest and relaxation will get a chance later this month, but winter break isn’t just a time for leisure. To make the most of the monthlong holiday, law students should fit in R&R, while also setting aside time to reflect on the …