About HBAA

Who We Are

The Hispanic Bar Association of Austin ("HBAA") is a nonprofit professional organization for attorneys. Its mission is to enhance the Latinx community in Central Texas by fostering the engagement of the Hispanic-American legal professional community in civic, professional, social, educational, charitable, governmental, and non-partisan political issues.

HBAA prides itself on a long-standing commitment of providing lawyers with continuing legal education (CLE) and opportunities for networking, socializing, professional development, and public service targeted towards enhancing and supporting the Austin area Latinx community. For more information regarding the HBAA's community involvement and efforts, please visit the web pages of each of HBAA's various volunteer committees.

The HBAA is an affiliate of the Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas and the Hispanic National Bar Association.

Meetings & Events

HBAA hosts various social and networking events, general body meetings, and CLE courses for the benefit of its membership on a monthly basis. To receive information via e-mail regarding HBAA events and meetings, please join the HBAA membership.

The HBAA welcomes all members of the legal profession to join its membership, which includes attorneys practicing in Austin and the surrounding areas, judges, legislators, lobbyists, government officials, legal professors and scholars, law students and non-lawyers.

History and Past HBAA Presidents

HBAA has a long history of civic and volunteer engagement in Central Texas.  HBAA officially was formed as an organization in 1995.  Prior to that, the organization was known as Capital Area Mexican-American Lawyers (CAMAL).

HBAA is proud to recognize and honor each of its former presidents:

If you notice any errors or omissions in our list, or have any other historical information about HBAA you would like us to include on this page, please email us!