Order amends comment to lawyer disciplinary rules related to advertising past...
The Texas Supreme Court issued an order January 31, effective immediately, amending Comment 10 to Rule 7.01 of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Comment 10 relates to advertising...
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State Bar announces 2022 judicial poll results
The State Bar of Texas announced the results of its statewide 2022 judicial poll. The results are available at texasbar.com/pollresults. At the direction of the Texas Supreme Court, the State Bar...
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Texas Bar Foundation honors Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht will receive the Samuel Pessarra Outstanding Jurist Award from the Texas Bar Foundation at the Texas Bar Foundation Annual Dinner on June 10 at the...
View ArticleGrievance Oversight Committee seeks public input on attorney disciplinary...
The Grievance Oversight Committee is seeking public feedback regarding the Texas attorney disciplinary system. The committee will meet on July 23 in Houston. If you have suggestions, observations, or...
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Texas Supreme Court Justice Brett Busby honored with Judicial Civic Education...
The American Lawyers Alliance, or ALA, has named Texas Supreme Court Justice Brett Busby the 2022 recipient of its Judicial Civic Education Award. The ALA is an American Bar Association affiliate that...
View ArticleGrievance Oversight Committee seeks input on attorney disciplinary system at...
The Grievance Oversight Committee is seeking public feedback regarding the Texas attorney disciplinary system. The committee will meet on September 16 in Austin. If you have suggestions, observations,...
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State Bar of Texas Executive Committee to meet January 10
The State Bar of Texas Executive Committee will meet at 10 a.m. CST on January 10. The meeting is open to the public and will be streamed live on the State Bar of Texas YouTube page. The presiding...
View ArticleTexas Board of Legal Specialization certifies 175 attorneys and 35 paralegals
The Texas Board of Legal Specialization’s newly certified attorneys and paralegals were inducted at the annual induction ceremony on March 24 at the A&T Executive Education and Conference Center in...
View ArticleSupreme Court approves forms that help Texans create their own wills
The Supreme Court of Texas has debuted new forms that allow individuals representing themselves to create a will. The forms are the result of a change in state law passed by the 84th Texas Legislature...
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Texas legal services working group to present final report December 15
The Access to Legal Services Working Group will present its final report on potential regulatory reforms designed to improve access to justice for low-income Texans during a meeting December 15 in...
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Texas Access to Justice Commission takes action on working group report
The Texas Access to Justice Commission met December 15 to consider the report from the commission’s Access to Legal Services Working Group. After accepting public comment and discussion among the...
View ArticleSupreme Court issues emergency order regarding Hurricane Beryl
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to reflect the court’s addition of Brazoria County to the emergency order. The Supreme Court of Texas has issued an emergency order authorizing the...
View ArticleSupreme Court of Texas order preliminarily approves rules governing licensed...
The Supreme Court of Texas issued an order on August 6 preliminarily approving rules governing licensed legal paraprofessionals and licensed court-access assistants and inviting public comments. The...
View ArticleSupreme Court of Texas issues order on 2024 rules referendum
The Supreme Court of Texas has issued final approval and adoption of amendments to Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct 1.08, 1.09, 3.09, 4.03, 5.01, and 5.05; of new Texas Disciplinary...
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State Bar of Texas Executive Committee to meet September 5
The State Bar of Texas Executive Committee will meet at 10 a.m. CDT on September 5 at the Texas Law Center in Austin. The meeting is open to the public and will be streamed live on the State Bar of...
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Supreme Court of Texas unveils portrait of former Chief Justice Wallace B....
The Supreme Court of Texas honored the legacy of former Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson by unveiling his official court portrait on September 6 in the Supreme Court of Texas courtroom. Jefferson,...
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State Bar board approves comments on Supreme Court’s preliminary rules...
As the Supreme Court of Texas prepares to finalize rules that would allow licensed legal paraprofessionals and court-access assistants to provide limited legal services for low-income individuals, the...
View ArticleGrievance Oversight Committee seeks public input on attorney disciplinary...
The Grievance Oversight Committee is seeking public feedback regarding the Texas attorney disciplinary system. The committee will meet November 15 via Zoom. If you have suggestions, observations, or...
View ArticleSupreme Court delays effective date of proposed rules governing licensed...
The Supreme Court of Texas has issued an order delaying the expected effective date of proposed rules governing licensed legal paraprofessionals and licensed court-access assistants in order to...
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Texas Access to Justice Foundation honors Supreme Court of Texas Chief...
Supreme Court of Texas Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht with Texas Access to Justice Foundation Board of Directors Chair Deborah Hankinson. Photo courtesy of the Texas Access to Justice Foundation The...
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