The award is named in honor of Patrick A. Nester, of Driftwood, Texas, the Director of the State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program and TexasBarCLE from 1986 to 2000 and again from 2005 to 2016. The award is to honor a Texas attorney for outstanding achievement in CLE as a course director, speaker, author, creator of a new course, or in this case, dedicating an entire career to enhancing legal education for lawyers on a state and national level.
The Patrick A. Nester Outstanding Achievement in CLE Award
2019 Recipient – Claude E. Ducloux
Claude E. Ducloux, past-president of the Austin Bar Association, is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Civil Appellate law. He has served as Chair of almost every Texas Bar-related entity, including the Board of Legal Specialization, the Texas Bar College, the Texas Bar Foundation and the Texas Center for Legal Ethics. Claude has given more than 250 CLE speeches around the country – just in the past 4 years.
He is a past recipient of the Gene Cavin Award (CLE), The Lola Wright Foundation Award (Legal Ethics), Texas Bar College Professionalism Award, Luke Soules Award (Litigation), and W. Frank Newton Award (Pro Bono).
On January 1, 2018, was appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas to a 3-year term on the Supreme Court Disciplinary Rules & Referenda Committee.
Past Recipients
2018
John F. Nichols, Sr.
2017
Patrick A. Nester
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