State Bar of Texas

July/August 2020 | Vol. 83, No. 7

Larry P. McDougal takes office as president of the State Bar of Texas.

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Features

• Leading By Example
  State Bar of Texas President Larry P. McDougal on being prepared for the unexpected.
  Interview by Patricia Busa McConnico

• Logging On/Swearing In
  The Texas Bar Exam’s top scorer is inducted into the bar via Zoom.
  Interview by Eric Quitugua

• 2020 Election Results

• Mediated Settlement Agreements
  Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do at mediation.
  Written by Scott Baker

• #SQUADGOALS
  The power of finding and maintaining your group.
  Written by Chasity Wilson Henry and Courtney Barksdale Perez

• Presidential Leadership and Legal Professionalism
  The ties that bind—part two.
  Written by Talmage Boston

• Back to the Future
  Fifty-year lawyers reflect on how the legal profession has changed since 1970.

• OPINION
  Recovering From COVID-19
  Restoring civil rights and liberties for young people in Texas schools.
  Written by Andrew R. Hairston

• OPINION
  Love (Of the Constitution) and Liberty in the Time of COVID-19
  The role of a lawyer is vigilance.
  Written by Elizabeth Brenner

• LGBT Equality, Religious Liberty, and Masterpiece Cakeshop
  Issues to consider.
  Written by Dale Carpenter

• Watch Your Tweets and Wash Your Hands
  Digital hygiene for the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Written by John G. Browning

• ‘You Have A Voice’
  The Texas Young Lawyers Association president seeks to empower future leaders of the legal profession.
  Interview by Eric Quitugua

• Committee Reports

• Section Reports

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

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

• Texas Supreme Court Order
  Order delaying effective date of amendments to Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 116 and 117 and website for service of process.

• Texas Supreme Court Order
  Order amending Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 47, 500.3, 509.2, and 509.6.

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

• Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas Order
  Final approval of amendments to Texas Rule of Evidence 103(c).

• Texas Supreme Court Order
  Order amending Rule 11(d) of the rules governing admission to the Bar of Texas.

Departments

• Comments

• Executive Director’s Page: It’s Past Time to Reckon With Racial Injustice
  Written by Trey Apffel

• In Recess: Anvil and Hammer
  A Richmond attorney finds comfort in the heat of the forge.
  Interview by Adam Faderewski

• President’s Page: Plans for a New Bar Year
  Written by Larry McDougal

• Technology: Can Application Programming Interfaces Be Protected Under Copyright Law?
  U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether APIs are copyright protectible.
  Written by Peggy Keene

• Podcast: Are Zoom Court Hearings the ‘New Normal’ in Texas?
  An excerpt from the State Bar of Texas Podcast

• State Bar Director Spotlight: Wendy-Adele Humphrey
  Interview by Eric Quitugua

• Ethics Question of the Month

• Ethics Opinion 688

• TYLA President’s Page: Inspiring Our Future Leaders
  Written by Britney Harrison

• Solo/Small Firm: Manage Your Time, Manage Your Life
  Useful tips for inside and outside the office.
  Written by Ruby L. Powers

• Disciplinary Action

• Movers and Shakers

• Memorials

• Classified Advertising

• News From Around the Bar

• ATJ Pro Bono Champion: Richard Danysh
  Interview by Eric Quitugua