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15 Headnotes 1 (1991)

handle is hein.barjournals/hdba0015 and id is 1 raw text is: Professionalism - Is It Just A Public Perception? b Doug Lang t ti i k 'x ii tha t wit I a I awv r/v a# at~#'s I , a ott No ta ilgtijhi P1 ii /1 o it o what C~AW (/1 Ii /v mi nip iii thh ta k t 11ti inpit I /Yvid g / t& iili / t tiio is itt it i inms i ' x xi. Abrhn I. nch'i Nl oxs as in tie tinme of Abrahan itncon, laxxyers are treated with some distrust. Ilowever, laxxyers cant do soimethting about this public r cption, tQi perceived lick of pnofes sion dism. 7 ~ that lawyxers (W0 xxi I reflect positively on all of us, as a profezssion. Yct, xxe need Doug L ang to do more. Ihis yeat, tIhe Dallas Bar xxill continue to attack tihis public perception as xxell as t:hc teality that lawyers do not always (10 'Volume I I Number I By-Law Amendment: An Historic Step ... DRA encourages leadership, inclusion of minority lawyers work- ing together for a better Dallas and professional excellence. by Ralph M. Rodriguez nver was so pioud to be an attorney than wh en the D)allas Bat Association Board oi Directors iecenty voted on a matter of historicalI sigmiic ance. IThe issue wxas whether to prosvide vo ting priv ileges on the Boaid of Directors fr the presidents of the J. L Turnet Iegal Soc iet and the Mexic anA rican Bar 4 cation. \ter thorough deb te the matter passed unanimously. IThis sote wiil be held on Marta Luther King. Jr. Day (Januar 21, 19911 It wiii send a cleat message t the psidents of these organ iations and the r me bers that a new era has begun at the DIallas Bar Association a new era of inclusion. Some o you may be asking why this is so mportant and significant In an attempt to addrcss this. instead o1 dxwelltn upon past inequities v xish to foc us on hoxx this acttott wxill mattifest itself in a better D~allax Bar Association. Both minotrity bairs havec had extensive commniuty inv olvement for numer ous years. I he Mexican American Bar Association has ben at the forefront of many legal. educational, and economic issues facting out cotunty. Many of otr mmbers bave taken Weadrship roles by Rowe West L.T Trurner Legal Association, an oirganiatton representing African ,laercan Lawy s tn Dallas County was organized itt May of 1952, I he charter members recognized the need to establish an organization where law- yets could come together and address prioblems f acmng African American Law- yers and the commrunity. The genesis of JI I. Turner was in direct response to the D~allax Bai Association's unwtllingness to alow Airican Americans to become menihers and the dual standaids practiced by the judiciary. Although the association started with a faithful few, it noxx stands poised to service the needs of its mem- bershtp and comunity while working in cotnjuncttin xxith other bai associations. T he faithful few wxould be proud of the sign iciant strides mnade betxween the Dal- las Bar Association and minority bar as- sociations, While other segments of our cormtunity aie debating arid pointing ac- cusatory fingers, the bar associations ate quietly hut effectively working to bring about 'inclusion' of all ethnic minorities into the D~allax Bar Association. T he historical vote by the Dallas Bar Asxociation Board of lDirectors to provide '( spa t m/ a'a, ',a~'dap 4 (Co ...... ned on page 4, (C t t lt,- page 4)

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