In 2019, the Houston Young Lawyers Association, a non-profit bar organization, and its President Samantha Torres created history by establishing the first-ever First Generation Attorneys Committee. In effort to amplify the voices and stories of First Gen Attorneys based in Houston, Texas, each episode of this podcast will feature a First Gen Attorney and their story, centered around a given prompt. HYLA and the First Generation Attorneys Committee sincerely thank our sponsor, the Texas Young Lawyers Association, whose grant made this podcast possible.
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In 2019, the Houston Young Lawyers Association, a non-profit bar organization, and its President Samantha Torres created history by establishing the first-ever First Generation Attorneys Committee. In effort to amplify the voices and stories of First Gen Attorneys based in Houston, Texas, each episode of this podcast will feature a First Gen Attorney and their story, centered around a given prompt. HYLA and the First Generation Attorneys Committee sincerely thank our sponsor, the Texas Young Lawyers Association, whose grant made this podcast possible.
Nikita Lamar is the managing attorney of The Lamar Legal Group, a full service firm with a focus on probate law, family law, and personal injury law in Houston, TX, and its surrounding counties. In this first gen story, Nikita shares her inspirational and unconventional path to the practice of law, from undergrad in Tennessee, to entering the non-profit world in Houston, to graduating from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, and ultimately, managing her own law practice. But like most First Gen Attorneys, Nikita’s story Nikita pays homage to the generations that came before her and how that history helped make her own path possible. Nikita tells us what it means for her to be both Black and a first generation attorney, how those identities intersect, and reminds us that legacies we carry impact how we succeed today. Ultimately, Nikita’s story reflects a powerful truth all first gen people should know: just because your path as a first gen attorneys is unconventional, doesn’t mean you can’t succeed.
For more information on Nikita or her practice, please check out The Lamar Legal Group on Facebook!
The Stories of First Generation Attorneys
In 2019, the Houston Young Lawyers Association, a non-profit bar organization, and its President Samantha Torres created history by establishing the first-ever First Generation Attorneys Committee. In effort to amplify the voices and stories of First Gen Attorneys based in Houston, Texas, each episode of this podcast will feature a First Gen Attorney and their story, centered around a given prompt. HYLA and the First Generation Attorneys Committee sincerely thank our sponsor, the Texas Young Lawyers Association, whose grant made this podcast possible.
