September 2023 | Vol. 86, No. 9
The 88th Session
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Features
Annual
Meeting 2023
The
88th Session: Overview
By Royce Poinsett
Access
to Justice
By Bruce P. Bower
Animal
Law
By Shelby Bobosky and Randy Turner
Business
Law
By Daryl B. Robertson
Civil
Litigation and Appellate Law
By Jerry D. Bullard
Computer
and Technology
By Shelby B. Menard, Jeremy Rucker, and Shawn Tuma
Construction
Law
By Ben L. Aderholt
Criminal
Law
By Allen D. Place Jr. and Shea Place
Environmental
and Water Law
By Claudia Russell and Susan M. Maxwell
Estate,
Guardianship, and Trust Law
By Lauren Davis Hunt
Family
Law
By Kristal C. Thomson
Insurance
Law
By W. Ryan Brannan
Legislative
and Campaign Law
By Ross Peavey
Oil,
Gas, and Energy Law
By M. Alejandra Salas
Real
Estate Law
Compiled by Johns H. "Jack" Miller III and Michael
A. Jacons
Texas
Judiciary
By Alfonso Charles and Megan LaVoie
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Order Approving Revised Will Forms.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Renewed Emergency Order Regarding Indigent Defense and
the Border Security State of Disaster.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Texas Rules of
Civil Procedure 221, 222, 225, and 504.2.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Preliminary Approval of Amendments to the Rule for
Magistrates in Inmate Litigation to Expand the Applicability of
the Rule to Litigation Involving Certain Civilly Committed
Individuals.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Order Approving Repeal of Texas Rule of Appellate
Procedure 28.2 and Amendments to Texas Rule of Appellate
Procedure 28.3.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Order Amending Comment to Texas Rule of Civil
Procedure 21d.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order and Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Order
Final Approval of Amendments to Texas Rule of Appellate
Procedure 6.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Preliminary Approval of Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
194a and 195a and of Amendments to Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
190, 192, 194, 195, 196, 197, and 198.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Texas Rules of
Civil Procedure 21, 165a, 239a, 246, 297, 298, 299, 299a, and
306a.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Canons 3B, 5, and
6 of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and the Procedural Rules
for the Removal or Retirement of Judges, Now Titled the
Procedural Rules for the State Commission on Judicial
Conduct.
Ethics
Opinion 696
Ethics
Opinion 697
Ethics
Opinion 698
Departments
Executive
Director's Page
A Look Inside the Succession Planning Toolkit
Written by Trey Apffel
President's
Page
Every Choice Is a Chance
Written by Cindy Tisdale
Technology:
Point
The Future of Law? How ChatGPT is changing my
practice.
Written by Brenda DeRouen
Technology:
Counterpoint
New and Improved? The risks of using ChatGPT.
Written by John G. Browning
State
Bar Director Spotlight
Bill Kroger
State
Bar Board Update
Workgroup to Study Artificial Intelligence Uses,
Pitfalls
Written by Lowell Brown
TYLA
President's Page
How to Save a Life
Written by Laura Pratt
Solo/Small
Firm
Meet the Press
The six essential rules for lawyers dealing with
reporters.
Written by Mary Flood
Disciplinary
Actions
Movers
and Shakers
Ethics
Question of the Month
Memorials
Classifieds
Humor
The Judge’s Daughter: The World’s Meanest Lawyer
Written by Pamela Buchmeyer
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