FIRST -- President of the Texas Bar Association, Austin TX
N 30° 16.621 W 097° 44.474
14R E 621071 N 3350152
The historic marker for the State Bar of Texas on Colorado Street near the State capitol in Austin TX relates the earliest history of this organization, back when it was a voluntary association.
Waymark Code: WMTEY7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2016
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The historic marker for the State Bar of Texas is located at 1414 Colorado Street in Austin TX, at the Texas Law Center.
The marker reads as follows:
"STATE BAR OF TEXAS
On July 15, 1882, a volunteer organization of Texas attorneys known as the Texas Bar Association, was established in Galveston, with Judge Thomas J. Devine as the first president. The forerunner of the State Bar of Texas, the group met annually to address common concerns such as the uniformity of jurisprudence, legislation, the regulation of the conduct of lawyers, and other statewide legal matters.
An act of the State Legislature signed by Governor W. Lee O'Daniel in 1939 created the State Bar of Texas. Its purpose was to place all persons practicing law in the state under uniform rules and regulations. After the Bar Association merged with the new state agency in 1940, members of the State Bar, under the direction of first President Angus Wynne, continued to carry out the Association’s traditions and goals.
While the Agency’s first office was located in the Littlefield Building at Sixth and Congress, it has been at this site since 1953. Guided by an elected board of directors, a President, and President Elect, the State Bar is operated on a daily basis by an executive director and a full staff.
For over 100 years these professional organizations have played unique roles in the state's legal history. (1985)"
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Date of FIRST: 06/15/1882
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