January 2025 | Vol. 87, No. 1
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Wellness: Incorporating well-being into your life and law practice.
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When is the right time to hire a mediator?
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Texas
Bar Journal
Editorial Submission Guidelines
State
Bar Election Scheduled
TYLA
Election Scheduled
‘We
Are All Striving to Uphold the Same Oath’
Texas
welcomes its newest lawyers.
Written by Eric Quitugua
The
Myth of the High- Functioning Lawyer Addict
Signs and symptoms of a substance use disorder and resources
for combating one.
Written by Paul Jacobs
Living
Light in Law
Ten ways to incorporate wellness into your life and your law
practice.
Written by Shana Stein
Faulhaber
Mindfulness
and Time
Four strategies lawyers can use that lead to greater
productivity and better well-being in their lives and practices.
WrittenbyMelanieBragg
When
Is the Right Time to Hire a Mediator?
Engaging a mediator early can help lawyers resolve lawsuits or
narrow the trial issues.
Written by Steve Waldman,
Caroline Baker, and Lola Solis
Supreme
Court of Texas Order
Final Approval of Amendments to Texas Rules of Appellate
Procedure 9, 38, 52, 53, and 55.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Final Approval of Amendments to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure
194.
Supreme
Court of Texas Order
Final Approval of Amendments to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure
621a.
Supreme Court
of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas Order
Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Texas Rule of Civil
Procedure 10 and Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Renewed Emergency Order Regarding Indigent Defense and the
Border Security State of Disaster Permitting Out-of-State Lawyers to
Practice in Texas Temporarily.
Supreme Court
of Texas Order
Final Approval of Amendments to Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
103, 107, and 501.
Miscellany
Executive
Director's Page
A Wealth of Information in Easy Reach
Written by Trey Apffel
President's
Page
Walk a Mile in Someone’s Shoes
Written by Steve Benesh
State
Bar Director Spotlight
Rosalind V.O. Perez
Legal
Tech
Keep Your Cellphone With You
A look at Fourth Amendment rights.
Written by Pierre Grosdidier
TYLA
President’s Page
Turning Failures Into Successes
Written by Hisham Masri
Solo/Small
Firm
Hanging Your Own Shingle?
Put your best foot forward on day one.
Written by Scott Parks