The President-Elect Campaign Series | EP. 3: Getting to Know the Candidates!

Time for the fun stuff! In this episode, we get to know the candidates beyond their campaigns – from Whataburger orders and wellness routines, to dream reforms for the legal profession and the TYLA projects they love most! You can access this and all future episodes at this link, or anywhere you listen to podcasts: https://tyla.org/resource/young-gunners-podcast/

Don’t forget – voting for Texas Young Lawyers Association is April 1-30, 2026!

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:18

Welcome back to our special young cutter series with the 2026-2027 TYLA President-elect candidates. In this episode, we get to know the candidates beyond their campaigns. From favorite Whataburger orders to wellness copies, dream reforms for the legal profession, and the TYLA project they love the most. One TYLA program you admire.

SPEAKER_00 0:42

NTC, the national trial competition.

SPEAKER_02 0:45

Probably for the public because I'm working on it right now. One thing you'd change tomorrow about legal practice if you could.

SPEAKER_00 0:53

Okay. I mean, it's something that is always brought up and it's probably never going to happen, but like statewide ID to get into courthouses so I don't have to go through security.

SPEAKER_03 1:06

Encouragement to unplug and get offline on the weekends or late nights.

SPEAKER_02 1:13

Are you a planner or a wing it person?

SPEAKER_00 1:17

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 1:19

Depends on the circumstance, but mostly shoot from the hip. If you were not an attorney, what would you be?

SPEAKER_00 1:27

Um I think probably a plumber.

SPEAKER_03 1:30

A history professor or a cowgirl? Tex-Mex or barbecue?

SPEAKER_00 1:37

Tex-Mex.

SPEAKER_02 1:39

This isn't Sophie's choice. That can be your answer. Okay. Introvert or extrovert?

SPEAKER_00 1:49

Uh extrovert.

SPEAKER_02 1:51

Extrovert. Off the charts. Early bird or night owl?

SPEAKER_00 1:57

Uh yes. I do both. I do both. I don't I don't sleep. I just wake up early and go to bed late.

SPEAKER_02 2:06

Night owl. What's your Whataburger order?

SPEAKER_00 2:10

I really like the breakfast burger that they do. It's got like hash browns in it. It's it's terrible for me, but it's very good.

SPEAKER_03 2:19

What a junior cheeseburger, ketchup, cheese, onions with a large Dr. Pepper.

SPEAKER_02 2:26

What's a hill you'll die on that doesn't matter at all?

SPEAKER_00 2:29

Oh my god, there's so many. There's so many.

SPEAKER_02 2:33

You could take some time to think about it. I just thought that would be a really funny one.

SPEAKER_03 2:38

Animal print is a neutral. Whether it's a snake, a leopard, a cheetah, it's a neutral.

SPEAKER_00 2:46

This is difficult for me because all the petty hills that I would die on, I feel like do matter a whole lot. Um, but one that was brought up recently that I argued about was the Oxford comma. Uh, and I'm pro-Oxford comma. And I will die. Yeah, I will die on that hill. Also, double spacing after the period to end a sentence. I'm big into that. But you're wrong, Claire. You're just wrong.

SPEAKER_02 3:17

Favorite way to unwind?

SPEAKER_00 3:20

Um video games slash computer games, and uh I I also build uh miniature figures uh models, I build and paint models, uh, and so doing something craftsy like that.

SPEAKER_03 3:36

Anything outside, whether it's a walk, hunting, or spending on a time on a patio, consuming something, anything outside.