SCHOLARSHIP & AWARDS GALA

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the 2023 Scholarship & Awards Gala! We hope you enjoyed celebrating law students and honoring Houston leaders who have shown an unwavering commitment to our mission, advancing diversity in the legal field, and serving the needs of our community!

GALA RECAP!

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FOUNDERS AWARD WINNERS

  • JUDGE TAMEIKA CARTER

    Weldon Berry Judicial Service Award

  • EDWARD POLLARD

    Aloysius M. Wickliff, Sr. Community Service Award

  • JUDGE DASEAN JONES

    Roberson L. King Excellence in Education Award

  • CHRIS HOLLINS

    Matthew W. Plummer, Sr. Justice Award

  • KIMBERLY K. O'NEAL

    Robert W. Hainsworth Outstanding Service Award

  • GEORGE LEE

    Francis Williams Advocacy Award

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JUSTICE AWARD WINNERS

  • ROSLYN BAZZELLE MITCHELL

    Justice Shelvin L. M. Hall Exceptional Leadership Award

  • CHRISTIAN MENEFEE

    Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt Distinguished Public Service Award

  • BRIDGETTE SMITH LAWSON

    Judge Alice Amelia Wilkerson Bonner Trailblazer Award

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MISSION ALLY AWARD WINNERS

  • SPOUSES OF HOUSTON BARRISTERS

  • READING WITH A RAPPER

  • REGINALD WILSON

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SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

  • JUNIE DALICE

    South Texas College of Law Houston

  • LAURYN LACEY

    Thurgood Marshall School of Law

  • ALEXANDRIA HARRIS

    University of Houston Law Center

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Thank you to our Keynote speaker the Honorable Vanessa D. Gilmore!

Judge Vanessa Gilmore is a legal trailblazer, renowned author, and coveted public speaker. She is a graduate of Hampton University ‘77 and University of Houston Law Center ‘81. In 1982, Gilmore began a 13-year tenure at a Houston law firm known as Vickery, Kilbride, Gilmore and Vickery where she specialized in civil litigation. In 1991, Texas Governor Ann Richards appointed Gilmore to the Texas Department of Commerce Policy Board. Gilmore was the first African American to serve as chairperson of that department from 1992 to 1994. On March 22, 1994, President Bill Clinton appointed her as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. At the time, Gilmore became the first and only African American woman on the federal bench in Texas, the youngest sitting federal judge in the United States (age 37), and the first graduate of the University of Houston to be appointed to the federal bench! Read more…