Betty Blackwell

EDUCATION

• B.A., Summa Cum Laude from Texas A&M University
• J.D. with Honors, The University of Texas Law School
• Board Certified in Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Appointed by State Bar President to Commission on Lawyer Discipline, 2005-2008
• Chairman of the Criminal Justice Section of the State Bar of Texas, 2001
• President of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2001-2002
• Governor’s Appointee to rewrite the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1996
• Governor's Appointee to the Texas Punishment Standards Commission to rewrite the Penal Code, 1994
• Past Chairman of the Criminal Law & Procedure Section of the Travis County Bar
• Past President and Founding Member of the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Penal Code Committee of the State Bar of Texas
• Legislative Chairman for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1991
• Voted Best Criminal Lawyer in Austin by the Austin Chronicle, 1994
• Voted Best Trial Lawyer in Austin by the Travis County Women Lawyers' Association, 1992
• Committee for Indigent Representations in Criminal Matters for the State Bar of Texas
• TCDLA Presidential Award of Merit, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994
• Ambassador Award, Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1994
• Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly and Texas Lawyer, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008

LAW RELATED PUBLICATIONS

• Co-author with Judge Tom Blackwell and Judge Michael McCormick, Texas Practice Volume 7, 7A and 8, West Publishing Co.
• Author/speaker for the State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law
• Author/speaker for Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Legislative Update - 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001
• Former Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Texas, Criminal Defense Clinic, 1992