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J.L. Turner Legal Association Vows to Keep an Eye on Media During JWP Investigation

Photo by Sam Merten​The J.L. Turner Legal Association is better known as the African-American bar association in Dallas, and bills itself as "the oldest and largest national association of African-American and minority attorneys, jurists, legal scholars, and law students in the world." Its leaders ... More >>

When Local Attorneys Judge the Judges

His JEP results may be low, but have you ever noticed how star-studded Carlos Cortez's photo album is?​Judges hate the Dallas Bar Association's judicial evaluation polls, a semi-semi-tradition dating to 1975 that took a brief pause in '07, when judges managed to get the thing sidelined by grousing ... More >>

Ken Burns to Pour Out Some Prohibition In Front of Dallas Bar Association in August

Via.Boston, Burns and C.J. Wilson when the doc-maker was in town for the Tenth Inning​Prohibition, the latest doc from Ken Burns, doesn't premiere on PBS till October 2. But if you're hankerin' for a sneak peek at the five-and-a-half-hour three-parter, which the The Civil Wars and Baseball maker d ... More >>

"This Election Is About Direction," "Hope Is Not a Strategy" & Other Kunkle, Rawlings Highlights

​There's a mayoral debate at noon today at the Belo Mansion; let the Dallas Bar Association know if you're coming. Or: You can jump to the other side and watch David Kunkle and Mike Rawlings go at it for 22 minutes on WFAA-Channel 8, where they squared off yesterday during Dancing With Brad Watson ... More >>

Michael Hinojosa Offers His Look at the State of Dallas ISD: "We've Righted the Ship"

Patrick MichelsHinojosa's district is strong. His backdrop is purple.​The Dallas Bar Association's eighth annual Community Symposium for Justice in Education is ongoing today at the Belo Mansion, but a break for lunch offered a chance for Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael H ... More >>

Former Judge Merrill Hartman, Who Started South Dallas Legal Clinic, Died Late Thursday

Merrill Hartman ​One need not go far to find kind words for Dallas County Judge Merrill Hartman, formerly of the 192nd. From our very own pages in 2000, when Hartman was named Best District Judge: "In these highly litigious times when frivolous lawsuits are filed by too many lawyers clogging up t ... More >>

"Dallas Tomorrow" ... Tonight!

Sam Merten​A programming note.A few weeks ago we gave you the very advance heads-up that tonight, at the Belo Mansion, the Dallas Bar Association is hosting the "Dallas Tomorrow" forum featuring quite the bold-faced line-up: Mayor Tom Leppert, University of North Texas Chancellor Lee Jackson, Trin ... More >>

At the Belo Mansion Pondering "Dallas Tomorrow" While Eyeing the Cash Bar

Patrick MichelsMaybe not tomorrow, but Dallas Someday.​Welcome, Friends of Unfair Park, to the Dallas Of Tomorrow. We're still waiting for tonight's panelists -- Mayor Tom Leppert, chief among them -- to take their seats inside the Belo Mansion auditorium, but the cash bar is open while the pu ... More >>

"Dallas Tomorrow" Scheduled for August 3

The Trinity Trust​I know, I know -- it's a few weeks off. Still, write it down in your Trapper Keeper: Beginning at 5 p.m. that Tuesday, the Dallas Bar Association's Public Forum Committee is holding a three-hour what's-up-Dallas at the Belo Mansion featuring quite the foursome: Mayor Tom Leppert, ... More >>

Family Judge David Hanschen Celebrates A Victory in His Fight for Fathers' Rights, With Help From an Unlikely Place

​Family law judge David Hanschen may have received an "Excellent" job approval rating of just 14 percent on the Dallas Bar Association's 2009 Judicial Evaluation Poll, but he's celebrating a victory in what had been a bitter struggle for him just last year.  After facing off with the Office o ... More >>

Judging Judges

Guilty of Rock

Too Political? Too Personal? Let's Climb the Dallas Bar Association's Judicial Poll.

​Since the 2006 elections, when the courthouses were flooded with Democratic judges, many of those very same barristers have been trying to put the kibosh on the Dallas Bar Association's judicial evaluation poll. Why come? Well, they claim, among other things, that it's unfair, overtly political, ... More >>

Legal Drama

Craig Watkins Uses Dallas Bar Association Appearance to Make Case Against Budget Cuts

Kimberly ThorpeDallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, addressing the Dallas Bar Association todayDallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins certainly likes to make an entrance, which isn't hard to do when you're 6-foot-5, star of a nationally broadcast reality mini-series, a recent guest ... More >>

"Fred Was a Trailblazer in Every Conceivable Way."

Sleazin' Out

The Dallas Bar motions for a satire

Ginger Allen Has a New Gig

Helter Skelter, Na Na Na Na Na Na Na

Wanna Have Lunch with Tom and Ed?

Not Your Average Joe

The new county treasurer isn't too sure how he got here, but he's happy to help

Journalists and Lawyers Suck Face

Everybody's Narcing on The News

Eek! A Reporter!

Here Comes the Judge...Not

Wrong, But Not That Wrong

Bad Judgment

That's the problem with the Democratic Party--anyone can join

Best Library That You've Never Heard Of

Dallas County Law Library

Bench Warmers

In many contested judicial races, the Republicans are grabbing all the incumbencies they can

The Lazarus Effect

Moribund Dallas County Democrats set their sights on judgeships

Casual Day Casualties

Do clothes make the lawyer? One Dallas judge thinks so.

Best District Judge

Judge Merrill Hartman, 192nd District Court

Observer writer honored

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Judge Candace Tyson's bad reputation; Bell's wrong number

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Cheap eats from the Dallas Morning News

Letters

Miller leaves Observer for politics

Letters

Events for the week

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Laura Miller takes a break

Events for the week

Observer honored

Writers win awards from Dallas Press Club, Dallas Bar Association

BeloWatch

Letters

Observer writer Rozen wins Dallas Bar prize

BeloWatch

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