The State Bar of Texas, Austin. (Photo: ALM)
The board of directors of the State Bar of Texas created two new groups to research action to erase systemic racism in the bar and promote diversity and inclusion, and asked bar committees to study two specific proposals that came from public comments.
July 28, 2020 at 02:32 PM
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In a marathon board meeting on Monday, the State Bar of Texas voted to take action to start healing divisions in the bar in the wake of online comments by President Larry McDougal.
During the 12-hour Zoom meeting, McDougal pledged to present his plan to address the offense given to many minority attorneys and allies from his words, but the bar board indicated it wouldn’t sit idly by and wait on him.
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