Eight State Bar Groups Join in “Condemning” Texas Bar President McDougal’s Comments

Eight separate sections of the State Bar of Texas issued a joint proclamation Saturday calling statements by the organization’s president regarding Black Lives Matter, police brutality and disrespect for women lawyers “shocking to the conscience” and “unbecoming of the office he was elected to hold.”

The internal bar groups – including the Asian Pacific Interest Section, Diversity in the Profession Committee, Hispanic Issues Section, LGBT Law Section, Native American Law Section, Texas Minority Counsel Programming Steering Committee, Women & the Law Section and Women in the Profession Committee – said they “stand in solidary condemning President [Larry] McDougal’s comments.”