The January issue of the Texas Bar Journal offers a "year in review" of some of the major caselaw and legislative issues that affected the legal profession in 2011.… Continue Reading
This month, the Texas Bar Journal helps you answer some of those "friendly requests for advice" you may encounter at social gatherings in its latest installment of "Party Talk." In addition, you'll find information about the Texas Young Lawyers Association's latest project, Breaking the Silence: A Path to Finding Mental Health.… Continue Reading
This month, the Texas Bar Journal looks at the different aspects of animal law and how it has evolved. In addition, you will find an update on the State Bar's Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans program since its launch last year.… Continue Reading
What legal questions are you asked in social situations? Send us your question and answer by Nov. 1 and it could appear in the December issue of the Texas Bar Journal. Email questions to tbj@texasbar.com.… Continue Reading
As part of State Bar President Bob Black's initiative on civics education, the State Bar Law-Related Education Department debuts a new online resource for Texas students and teachers -- Oyez, Oyez, Oh Yay! Civics Resources for Texas Students and Teachers. In addition, the many aspects of school law are examined in this month's issue of the Texas Bar Journal, including the high-profile issue of school finance.… Continue Reading
The articles in this month's Texas Bar Journal identify major changes to specific areas of law that will affect Texas lawyers and the clients they serve.… Continue Reading
Inspired by the Texas Forensic Science Seminar, this issue of the Texas Bar Journal investigates the state of forensic science in Texas.… Continue Reading
The May issue of the Texas Bar Journal focuses on new frontiers in natural resource management and the Texas attorneys who are on the front lines.… Continue Reading
The Texas Bar Journal asked 2011-2012 State Bar of Texas president-elect candidates Guy Choate of San Angelo and F.R. "Buck" Files, Jr. of Tyler to share their perspectives on issues facing the State Bar of Texas.… Continue Reading
What does "property" mean in the 21st Century? Is property something you can touch or, in the tech age, is property an idea? Can the framework for human life be considered "property?" This month's issue of the Texas Bar Journal looks at what "property" means today and how that is shaping the law.… Continue Reading
The 2011 Texas Bar Journal Short Story Fiction Writing Contest is in full swing. Deadline to send your story is 5 p.m. March 1, 2011.… Continue Reading
The November issue of the Texas Bar Journal focuses on State Bar President Terry Tottenham's initiative to help our veterans, Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans.… Continue Reading
The October issue of the Texas Bar Journal explores how the Texas legal community is working to improve Texas' child welfare system and how attorneys can help the state's most vulnerable children.… Continue Reading
It’s that time of year again — not when we snuggle around the open fire or get a little silly at the office holiday party, no. It’s time for aspiring John Grishams to dust off their typewriters (or more realistically, their computer keyboards) and get to writing their award-winning short story. The 2010 Texas Bar … Continue Reading
most links below point to PDF files Transition to Practice — Read about the State Bar’s new mentoring initiative for local bar associations. Also included is best practice advice from Texas lawyers for changing times. Transition from Transitive — Robert Fugate advises translating Latin phrases as part of an article on defining terms of art in legal writing. Seizing Life — … Continue Reading
Among the treasures in Google’s ambitious digital book repository are the 1882 Proceedings of the Texas Bar Association. That year, hundreds of Texas lawyers convened in Galveston to establish the volunteer organization that would serve as the precursor to the State Bar of Texas. Also available through Google Book Search are the 1919 Proceedings of … Continue Reading
Submissions for the 2009 Texas Bar Journal Short Story Fiction Writing Contest were supposed to be postmarked no later than than March 1, 2009. Apparently, the crack team of editors at the magazine failed to notice that March 1 is a Sunday, so you can have an extra day. That gives you a full weekend to … Continue Reading
Michelle Cheng is one of Austin’s most prolific Yelpers. Yelp.com describes its free service as "real reviews by real people." Michelle has written 501 reviews of restaurants and other businesses, leading her cohorts on Yelp to call her "legendary" and earning her an elusive "Yelp Elite" status for three years running. "Yelp.com gives me an … Continue Reading
