AUSTIN, Texas, June 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Texas
Center for Legal Ethics (TCLE) is proud to announce that Chief
Justice Carolyn Wright of the Fifth
Court of Appeals in Dallas will
receive the 2017 Chief Justice Jack Pope Professionalism Award.
Each year, TCLE presents the Pope Award to a judge or attorney
who personifies the highest standards of professionalism and
integrity in the field of law. The Pope Award is named for former
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jack
Pope, one of TCLE's founders and the first person to receive
the award in 2009. Mr. Pope, who spearheaded a judicial ethics
code, died in February at age 103.
Justice Wright, who previously
served as a state district court judge, is the first
African-American to serve as Chief Justice on any of the 14
intermediate courts of appeal in the state of
Texas.
"Chief Justice Wright has been a
shining example of professionalism throughout her long and
distinguished career," said Dallas
attorney Beverly Godbey, Chair of
the Board of Trustees of TCLE. "Not only has she blazed trails and
set an example for all who follow in her footsteps, she has done so
with elegance, dignity and a firm dedication to the betterment of
our profession."
The Pope Award will be presented to Chief Justice Wright by Texas Supreme Court Chief
Justice Nathan Hecht at the Annual Texas Supreme Court Historical
Society Dinner on Sept. 8 in
Austin.
Founded in 1989 by Chief Justice
Pope and two other retired Texas Supreme Court chief
justices, TCLE promotes the values contained in the Texas Lawyer's
Creed and fulfills its founders' vision to be the leading center of
knowledge and resources for ethics and professionalism in
Texas. For more information, visit
the Texas Center for Legal Ethics website at
http://www.legalethicstexas.com.
For more information on Chief Justice Carolyn Wright and the Pope Award, please
contact Jonathan Smaby, executive
director of the Texas Center for Legal Ethics, at 512-427-1477
or
jonathan.smaby@texasbar.com.
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