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

News From Around the Bar

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