EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PAGE FEBRUARY 2023
New Texas Case Alerts Offer
Lawyers Another Way to
Stay Informed
The speed of today’s law practice—and life in general—can be dizzying, so I’m quite fond of services that save me time. That category now includes Texas Case Alerts from Fastcase, a new benefit available exclusively to members of the State Bar of Texas.
This free subscription email service allows you to stay up to date on
opinions released by Texas courts. Simply sign up for one or more of the
Texas Case Alerts to start receiving daily notifications of new Texas
caselaw in the following categories:
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Business Law
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Debtor & Creditor Law
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Education & Juvenile Law
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Family Law (Adoption, Custody, Divorce, Domestic Restraining Orders)
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Firearms Law
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Government & Administrative Law
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Health Care Law
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Insurance Law
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Labor & Employment Law
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Personal Injury Litigation Law
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Real Property, Oil & Gas, Agriculture & Construction Law
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
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Wills, Trusts, Probate, Elder & Guardianship Law
Sign up for the case alerts at https://law.vlex.com/texascasealerts.
Fastcase will deliver them to your inbox on regular business days,
excluding holidays. Each case includes a brief excerpt and a public link
to the full opinion.
The service does not include Texas Supreme Court case alerts, which are
available directly from the court through a separate, free subscription
at www.txcourts.gov/supreme/.
Simply enter your email address in the box labeled “News Service” and
click “Subscribe.”
I wrote about Fastcase in this space in May 2022 when we jointly
launched an expanded legal research benefit that includes access to
millions of briefs, pleadings, motions, and orders through Docket Alarm
within the Fastcase platform. We appreciate our partnership with
Fastcase and look forward to continuing to provide exceptional services
to members of our bar.
Sheeran-Crowley Lawyer Wellness Trust Donations
I hope everyone reads President Laura Gibson’s message on Page 80 of
this issue on the importance of our well-being as lawyers and asking for
help when we need it. Whenever Texas lawyers, law students, or judges
need treatment for substance use or other mental health issues but
cannot afford it, they can turn to the Sheeran-Crowley Lawyer Wellness
Trust for monetary assistance. The trust is administered confidentially
by Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program, or TLAP, staff and volunteer
trustees who are members of Texas Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, an
organization that works closely with TLAP. Donations to this lifesaving
work are always needed and can be made online at sheerancrowley.org/donate.
Special thanks are due to Mike Yarber and his team at Texas Lawyers’
Insurance Exchange, or TLIE, the longtime member benefit partner of the
State Bar of Texas that has provided professional liability insurance to
Texas lawyers since 1979. As part of its preferred provider agreement
with the State Bar, TLIE has committed to contribute a total of $50,000
over the next five years to the Sheeran-Crowley Lawyer Wellness Trust.
Thank you, Mike and team, for your steadfast dedication to Texas
lawyers’ practices and our well-being.
Sincerely,
TREY APFFEL
Executive Director,
State Bar of Texas
Editor-in-Chief,
Texas Bar Journal
Trey Apffel can be reached at 512-427-1500, trey.apffel@texasbar.com or
@ApffelT on
Twitter.
