🎧 Episode 2 of Young Gunners is here!

Meet Christina Jump, a constitutional and civil rights litigator with more than 30 years of experience advocating for individuals and organizations in complex federal litigation across the United States who launched Jump Start Legal Justice Center to bring a focused, client-first approach back to federal-court constitutional work. Based in Dallas, TX, Christina focuses her practice on civil rights, labor and employment law, free speech, and religious discrimination in all federal civil contexts, including trial and appellate courts. Known for rigorous legal analysis and persuasive advocacy, she has presented oral arguments before multiple U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal and played a key role in precedent-setting constitutional cases.

A University of Illinois and University of Houston Law Center graduate, mediator, BigLaw alum, and past Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, she exemplifies this season’s theme of lawyers using their degrees to effect transformative change – returning to the core work she loves to protect rights and advance justice.

You can listen to this episode at the link below, or anywhere you listen to podcasts: https://tyla.org/resource/young-gunners-podcast/

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🎧 Episode 1 of Young Gunners is here.

Welcome to Unlikely Advocates, where we spotlight lawyers who’ve turned adversity into advocacy. In this powerful episode, host Jimmy Vaughn shares his deeply personal journey through the foster care system, and how his found family and legal career inspired him to advocate for young people navigating similar paths through legislation, legal education, and more.

Jimmy’s story is one of resilience, transformation, and purpose.

You can listen to this episode at the link below, or anywhere you listen to podcasts: https://tyla.org/resource/young-gunners-podcast/

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⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of abuse, violence, and drug use.

✨ Introducing Young Gunners: Unlikely Advocates! ✨

Episode 0 is here! 🎙️

Welcome back listeners to a new season of Young Gunners! This season - titled Unlikely Advocates - shines a spotlight on lawyers who overcame unexpected paths and personal challenges to become advocates in their communities. Through stories of perseverance, transformation, and purpose, we’ll explore the many ways a law degree can be used to create meaningful change.

In this mini-episode, you’ll meet our podcast hosts: Rebecca Lopez and Jimmy Vaughn, District 13 Director and District 3 Director, respectively, of the Texas Young Lawyers Association, who share why they have chosen to lead this season and how their law degrees became tools for transformation.

🔗 Listen to Episode 0 now and get ready for a season of grit, growth, and the power of purpose-driven lawyering.

You can listen to this episode at the link below, or anywhere you listen to podcasts: https://tyla.org/resource/young-gunners-podcast/

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