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Brendan Edward Murray, 22, law clerk in our Lubbock office, passed away on September
14, 2006 at University Medical Center in Lubbock. Brendan was a second-year law school
student at the Texas Tech School of Law. He came to work for TCDLA in 2003 while he was
attending the University of Texas. Brendan was an extraordinary young man who was always
in service to others. He was involved with voter registration, mission work in Guatemala,
work in the deaf community and more. His is survived by his mother and father Lynne and
Brian Murray. Brian is a TCDLA member. Brendan has two brothers, Patrick and Roarke.
There will be more to come about Brendan in the November issue of the Voice.
Thanks to Henry Bemporad and John Convery, course directors for Federal Law at Lakeway.
We are looking at returning to New Orleans in 2008 for Federal Law.
Joseph A. Martinez
Executive
Director’s
Perspective
The board of TCDLA would like to thank the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for their approval
of the Criminal Defense Lawyers Project 2007 budget. The Court approved a budget
of $1,050,250 for fiscal year 2007.
Thanks to TCDLA members support, the TCDLA board leadership, and TCDLA staff
dedication, the following represents the accomplishments of both TCDLA and CLDP for
FY 2006.
• Number of lawyers trained: 3707
• Number of course directors: 66
• Number of speakers: 396
• Number of seminars: 39
• CLE hours: 310.50, 24.5 ethics
• Number of city sites: 22
• Number of publications sold: 73,000
• Current members: 2673
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Good verdicts to all!
8 VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE October 2006