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State Bar Sections and Local Bar Associations Partner with Texas C-BAR
August 2004

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Texas C-BAR's "Next Stage" Party Photos
June 2004

In June, Texas C-BAR celebrated a new stage in our journey as a leading transactional pro bono provider. We welcomed our new Director, Frances Leos Martinez, who shared her vision for our future, and congratulated our founding Director, Heather K. Way, on her achievements.

Frances Leos Martinez.Our new Director, Frances Leos Martinez, shares her vision of strengthening Texas C-BAR while building on our record of excellent service.
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Major Funders invest in Texas C-BAR's mission
2004

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$1.4 Million of Legal Services Delivered to Nonprofits in Texas C-BAR?s First Three Years
September 2003

Texas C-BAR is throwing its 3rd Annual Community Block Party on October 15th in the Guadalupe Neighborhood's Azul Restaurant to honor those law firms and individual attorneys who made outstanding contributions this year.
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Few Big Texas Companies Track In-Housers' Pro Bono: Corporate Lawyers Can Find "Comfort Zone" Doing Transactional Work
Texas Lawyer, September 1, 2003

"That's the beauty of [Texas] C-Bar, tapping into the skills that in-house departments have. It's a very transactional focus."
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Texas C-BAR Investors Make a Difference
July 2003

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Volunteer Lawyers See the Results of Their Labor
- Legal Front, January 2003

Excerpt from the January 2003 edition of the Legal Front
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Los Vecinos de las Misiones
- Dateline Texas, 12/6/2002

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Building Neighborhoods: Pro Bono Works in Texas
- September/October 2002

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Texas C-BAR Celebrates Second Anniversary and Presents Community Builder Awards
- October 16, 2002

On October 16, 2002, Texas C-BAR presented Community Builder Awards to Conoco Inc., Bracewell & Patterson, and Cynthia Bast.

Building Neighborhoods: Pro Bono Works in Texas
- ABA, September 10, 2002
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Texas C-BAR 2001 Annual Report
- January 2002

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Texas C-BAR Celebrates First Anniversary and Presents Community Builder Awards to Four Outstanding Law Firm
- October 16, 2001

On October 16, Texas C-BAR celebrated its first anniversary at a community block party in the Blackland Neighborhood of Austin. C-BAR presented its first Community Builder Awards to four law firms for their outstanding contributions to business law pro bono. Read the Event Press Release.

Texas C-BAR 2001 Awards

Snapshots of Texas C-BAR Referrals
- October 2001

Since our kickoff in October 2000, Texas C-BAR has referred more than sixty pro bono legal matters. See a snapshot of some of the pro bono referrals we have made.

Texas C-BAR: A New Pro Bono Program for Transactional Attorneys
- October 2000

Texas C-BAR LaunchesTexas C-BAR was featured in the October-December 2000 issue of Legal Front, a publication of Texas Lawyer Care/State Bar of Texas.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson Kicks Off Texas C-BAR at Community Development Block Party
- October 4, 2000

Mayor Kirk WatsonOn October 4, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson joined community leaders, attorneys, and community-based nonprofit organizations for the kick off celebration of Texas C-BAR at a community development block party. The party was held in front of a home recently built by Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation in Austin and sold to a first-time home buyer. See the full article.




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