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Apply Today | Spring 2024 SHB Scholarship Application

2024 SHB Scholarship Application. Deadline: Friday, December 1, 2023  for more details go to Scholarship Application Page .

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2022 Spouses of Houston Barristers Ball

2022 Spouses of Houston Barristers Ball benefiting our future legal scholars. The event will be held Saturday, November 12, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Galleria. The theme this year is “Night with the Stars”. The Barristers Ball promises to be … Continue reading

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Apply Today | Fall 2022 SHB Scholarship Application

2022 SHB Scholarship Application. Deadline: Friday, July 8, 2022  for more details go to Scholarship Application Page .

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SHB Awards $10,000 in Scholarships – Fall 2021

The Spouses of Houston Barristers awarded a total of $10,000 in scholarships to the following law students for the fall 2021 semester: Lia Nicotra            | South Texas College of Law Eric B. Williams | South … Continue reading

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SHB Awards $15,000 in Scholarships – Fall 2020

The Spouses of Houston Barristers are pleased to announce the awarding of $15,000 in scholarships to the following law students: Xperanza Uviedo       | University of Houston Law Center Wesley Okereke         | Thurgood Marshall School of … Continue reading

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Apply Today | Fall 2021 SHB Scholarship Application

2021 SHB Scholarship Application. Deadline: Friday, July 9, 2021 for more details go to Scholarship Application Page .

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Apply Today | Fall 2020 SHB Scholarship Application

Apply today for Fall 2020 SHB Scholarship. Deadline: Friday, July 10, 2020 for more details go to Scholarship Application Page .

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Purchase Tickets or become a Table Sponsor for our 2019 Barristers’ Ball

Join us for the 2019 Spouses of Houston Barristers’ Ball benefiting our future legal scholars ___________________   The event will be held Saturday, November 09, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Galleria. The theme this year is “A Night in Havana”. If you are … Continue reading

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2019 Spouses of Houston Barristers Ball

2019 Spouses of Houston Barristers Ball benefiting our future legal scholars. The event will be held Saturday, November 09, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Galleria. The theme this year is “A Night in Havana”. The Barristers Ball promises to be … Continue reading

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Commissioners Court Appoints Genesis E. Draper to County Criminal Court at Law No. 12 Judge

Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Commissioners Court on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, appointed Genesis E. Draper – an assistant public defender in the Harris County Public Defender’s Office – to fill the judicial vacancy at Harris County Criminal Court at … Continue reading

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SHB Awards $25,000 in Scholarships – Fall 2018

The Spouses of Houston Barristers are pleased to announce the awarding of $25,000 in scholarships to the following law students: Nnamdi Ezenwa     | Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University Adrian Rogers         | … Continue reading

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Barristers’ Ball 2017

On Friday, November 10, 2017 the Spouses of Houston Barristers and more than 350 guests roared into the 1920’s enjoying the musical stylings of Collectors Item Band, and dancing the night away to music provided by DJ Cruz. As a … Continue reading

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SHB Awards $25,000 in Scholarships – Fall 2016

The Spouses of Houston Barristers are pleased to announce the awarding of $25,000 in scholarships to following deserving law students attending Thurgood Marshall School of Law and University of Houston Law Center: Thurgood Marshall School of Law:      Blessing … Continue reading

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It’s a Masquerade Ball ….

2015 Spouses of Houston Barristers’ Ball will be held on Friday, November 13, 2015 at the Omni Houston Hotel – Riverway. We are proud to honor two of Houston’s most distinguished attorneys, Rufus Cormier and Robert Jones. Spouses of Houston … Continue reading

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Houston Style Magazine Press Release, Barristers’ Ball 2015

SHB is excited to share the press release included in the Houston Style Magazine for 2015 Barristers’ Ball! Please see the link below: http://stylemagazine.com/news/2015/oct/21/event-spouses-houston-barristers-ball/

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SHB Awards $20,000 in Scholarships – Fall 2015

The Spouses of Houston Barristers are pleased to announce the awarding of another $20,000 in scholarships this fall 2015 to six deserving law students attending South Texas College of Law, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, &  University of Houston Law … Continue reading

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Barristers’ Ball 2015

2015 Spouses of Houston Barristers’ Ball will be held on Friday, November 13, 2015 at the Omni Houston Hotel – Riverway. We are proud to honor two of Houston’s most distinguished attorneys, Rufus Cormier and Robert Jones. Spouses of Houston … Continue reading

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SHB Member, Ja’nice Sparks sworn in as the 35th President of NABBS, Inc.

SHB is a chapter of the National Association of the Bench and Bar Spouses (NABBS), which is an arm of the National Bar Association.  On July 22, 2015, at NABBS 64th National Convention, in conjunction with the National Bar Association’s … Continue reading

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U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Texas, George C. Hanks, Jr.

The U.S. Senate confirmed George C. Hanks, Jr. (Spouse of SHB Member, Stacey L. Hanks), presidential nomination to be a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Texas by a unanimous vote of 91 to 0 on April … Continue reading

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SHB Awards $20,000 to 2014 Scholarship Recipients

In August 2014, Spouses of Houston Barristers (SHB) awarded $20,000 in scholarships to four deserving law students.  These students are second & third year law students attending Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University and The University of … Continue reading

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