"Ms. Clardy has served on several professional and community boards the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association, J. L. Turner Legal Association, Visiting Nurse Association, Child Care Dallas, and the Women's Center of Dallas. She is also the founder of the Dallas Association of Black Women Attorneys. Ms. Clardy's most recent achievement is being the first African-American women elected to the DeSoto, Texas City Council. She will begin serving her second 3-year term in May 2005. Additionally, she has served as a speaker on various legal topics for both legal organizations and community organizations. She has also been listed in "Who's Who in American Law" and is a past recipient of the NAACP's Juanita Craft Award in Law.