AYLA Receives Awards of Achievement from Texas Young Lawyers Association

The Austin Young Lawyers Association recently won several Awards of Achievement from the Texas Young Lawyers Association.

AYLA won the first-place Comprehensive Award. This award was given based on a comprehensive evaluation of the whole range of programming AYLA conducted during the 2022-23 bar year.

AYLA won the first-place Single Project – Service to the Public Award. This award was given specifically for AYLA’s second annual Crawfish Boil. The Crawfish Boil took place on April 15, 2023, and featured AYLA members and their families coming together to raise funds for the AYLA Foundation. More than $15,500 was raised, which will be used to host events, put on CLEs, and award scholarships.

AYLA won the third-place Single Project – Service to the Bar Award. This award was given spe - cifically for AYLA’s Family Fall Festival, which invited members of AYLA and the Austin Bar, as well as their families, for a day of food, fun, and games at Hilgers House. The event was free, though attendees were asked to donate at least one stuffed animal to be given to children at the Austin Bar’s annual Adoption Day event. AL

FROM LEFT: Scott Thompson, incoming AYLA President Sarah Harp, outgoing AYLA President Blair Leake, and Maitreya Tomlinson at AYLA’s second annual Crawfish Boil.

AYLA’s Health & Wellness Committee events, such as the Superhero Run pictured above, were one of the programs used in awarding AYLA the 1st-place Comprehensive Award from the Texas Young Lawyers Association.