State Bar of Texas

January 2021 | Vol. 84, No. 1

2020 Year In Review

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Features

• State Bar Election Scheduled

• Texas Bar Journal Editorial Submission Guidelines

• 2020 Year in Review

• Summary of Proposed Disciplinary Rule Amendments
  Written by Brad Johnson

• State Bar of Texas Rules Vote

• TYLA Election Scheduled

• Texas Supreme Court Order
  Twenty-eighth emergency order regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster.

• Texas Supreme Court Order
  Twenty-ninth emergency order regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster.

• Texas Supreme Court Order and Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas Order
  Final approval of amendments to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 49.3.

Departments

• Comments

• Executive Director’s Page: The Key to Lawyer Self-Regulation? Your Vote
  Written by Trey Apffel

• In Recess: Flavor Chase
  No marketing, no gimmicks for attorney Justin Shelton’s cigar business.
  Interview by Eric Quitugua

• President’s Page: What to Know Before You Vote, Part 1
  Written by Larry McDougal

• Technology: Copy That
  Another way you’re losing your privacy—mobile clipboard data.
  Written by Peggy Keene

• Podcast: A Well of Information
  A new State Bar website provides Texas legal professionals with help in the day-to-day practice of law.
  An excerpt from the State Bar of Texas Podcast

• State Bar Director Spotlight: Derek Cook
  Interview by Eric Quitugua

• Ethics Question of the Month

• TYLA President’s Page: A New Year Filled With New Resources to Help Lawyers and the Public
  Written by Britney Harrison

• Solo/Small Firm: Fresh Start
  Advice for law firm content marketing.
  Written by Stacey E. Burke

• Disciplinary Actions

• Movers and Shakers

• Memorials

• Classified Advertising

• Humor: ‘I am Dropping the Charges Against Myself’ and Other Adventures in Legal Weirdness
  Written by John G. Browning

• News From Around the Bar