The State Bar of Texas Board of Directors will meet at 8 a.m. on September 27 at the Overton Hotel & Conference Center in Lubbock. The meeting is open to the public and will be broadcast live on the State Bar of Texas YouTube channel.

The meeting agenda is available here and the board packet materials are available here. Among the agenda items, the board will consider and discuss approval of the Administration Committee’s proposed comments regarding the Supreme Court of Texas’ Preliminary Approval of Rules Governing Licensed Legal Paraprofessionals and Licensed Court-Access Assistants to be submitted to the court on behalf of the board.

Those who wish to address the board in person during the meeting should fill out a speaker card at the beginning of the meeting and submit it to a staff member onsite. To sign up to speak remotely during the meeting, email boardofdirectors@texasbar.com or call 512-427-1400 or 800-204-2222 (toll free) before 5 p.m. CDT on September 26. Please provide the agenda item number you wish to speak on.

Written comments regarding agenda items must be received by 5 p.m. CDT on September 23 for timely distribution to the board before the meeting. Please submit written comments by email to boardofdirectors@texasbar.com and indicate the agenda item you are referring to.