Our Legal System

The research found here will help increase your knowledge of how our Texas legal system works.

Download These Pamphlets [pdf format]

• Answering the Call: Responding to a Texas Civil Subpoena
• Answering the Call: Responding to a Texas Criminal Subpoena
• Attorney Complaint Information
• Becoming a Lawyer
• Consumer Arbitration in Texas
• Dispute Resolution
• Expunctions in Texas
• How To Select A Lawyer
• How to Sue in Small Claims Court
• If You Are Arrested
• LRIS: When You Need Help Finding the Right Lawyer
• Name Changes in Texas
• Protecting Your Ideas: An Overview of Intellectual Property Law
• The Client Security Fund
• The Texas Criminal Justice Process: A Citizen's Guide
• Dangers of Being Your Own Lawyer, Even for a Misdemeanor (English)
• Dangers of Being Your Own Lawyer, Even for a Misdemeanor (Spanish)

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Request Copies

You may request up to 20 copies of a pamphlet. If they are available, we will mail them to you.

Include the name of the pamphlet, how many copies, your full name, your phone number and your mailing address and send your request by fax or email to:

Tammi Sweet
Communications/Public Information Dept.
fax: 512.475.0809
email: tsweet@texasbar.com

If you can't fax or email, call Tammi Sweet at:
800.204-2222, ext. 1800, or 512.427.1800

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