Austin Bar Association Podcast Network

In the next episode of the Council of Firsts, Austin Bar Association President, Amanda Arriaga, first Latina President of the Austin Bar talks to Betty Balli Torres. Betty is the current Executive Director of the Texas Access to Justice Foundation, the first Latina to lead a statewide IOLTA (Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts) program and the first Latina to receive the Distinguished Lawyer Award...

In this episode of the Council of Firsts, Austin Bar Association President Amanda Arriaga, first Latina President of the Austin Bar, talks to Richard Pena, first Hispanic President (and first minority President ever) of the Austin Bar Association and first Hispanic President (and first minority President ever) of the State Bar of Texas. The Austin Bar Association was established in 1893 as the Tra...

In the inaugural episode of the Council of Firsts, Austin Bar Association President, Amanda Arriaga, first Latina President of the Austin Bar talks to Velva Price, first female African American President of the Austin Bar Association. The Austin Bar Association was established in 1893 as the Travis County Bar Association. Since that time, there have only been 14 female presidents and 8 minorities....

Since 1893, the Austin Bar Association has only had 14 female Presidents and 8 minority Presidents. Of those minorities, only three are female. This July 1, the first Hispanic Female President took office. “The Council of Firsts” will bring together former and current leaders of the Austin Bar Association and other local legal organizations and discuss why we still have these Firsts and how we can...