Navigation The State Bar of Texas Executive Committee will meet at 10 a.m. CDT on March 31 at the Texas Law Center in Austin. The meeting is open to the public and will be streamed live on the State Bar of Texas YouTube page. The agenda can be viewed here. Among other agenda items, the committee will hear updates on the SBOT 2026-2027 proposed budget and the president-elect and district director elections. […]
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Booker T. Washington High School wins 47th annual State High School Mock Trial Competition
The team from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts from Dallas won the 47th annual Texas High School Mock Trial Competition on March 7 at the George Allen Courthouse in Dallas. Booker T. Washington’s team will represent Texas at the 2026 National High School Mock Trial Competition in Des Moines, […]
Beyond the Game: Inside Texas Pro Sports Law
In this episode of the State Bar of Texas Podcast, host Rocky Dhir welcomes two attorneys from the Texas professional sports scene: Eunice Nakamura, executive vice president, general counsel for the Texas Rangers Major League Baseball team, and James O’Sullivan, general counsel for the Major League Soccer team FC Dallas. They provide an inside look at […]
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Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program hosts free legal clinics in March
The Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program, an initiative of the Dallas Bar Association, Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas, and local lawyers, is hosting free virtual and in-person legal clinics for eligible Dallas County residents throughout March. All virtual clinics run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Click Here To Read The Full Article
A Texas-Sized Look at Our Constitution on its 150th Birthday
In this episode of the State Bar of Texas Podcast, host Rocky Dhir welcomes legal historian and appellate lawyer William J. Basileios Chriss and Supreme Court of Texas Justice Evan A. Young to mark the sesquicentennial of the Texas Constitution. They offer a deep dive into the foundational document’s history and evolution, tracing its iterations […]
Transnational practice—are Texas courts getting Mexican domicile wrong?
A New Era of Cross-Border Litigation Texas courts are facing more cross-border disputes today than at any other moment in the state’s history. Every week, judges and litigators encounter Mexican civil documents, addresses registered across different Mexican states, contracts executed abroad, and families whose lives move fluidly between two very different legal systems. And yet […]
Benny Agosto Jr. assumes role as 2026 Houston Bar Foundation chair
Benny Agosto Jr., managing partner in Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner, is the 2026 Houston Bar Foundation (HBF) chair. Agosto succeeded 2025 HBF Chair Sara Keith during the foundation’s annual luncheon on February 17 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Houston. Agosto said that as chair of the HBF, he intends to lead […]
Texas Medical-Legal Partnership conference scheduled for April 16-18
Hosted by Texas A&M University Health’s Institute for Healthcare Access, the Texas Medical-Legal Partnership will hold its 2026 MLP Conference on April 16-18 at the Hilton Fort Worth. Attendees will explore real-world insights, practical tools, and forward-looking strategies that not only strengthen medical-legal partnership (MLP) but also expand access to the legal and health services […]
State Bar of Texas announces candidates for 2026-2027 president-elect
At its quarterly meeting in Fort Worth Friday, the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors voted to approve Sarah Clower Keathley and Ray Thomas as candidates for 2026-2027 president-elect. Keathley and Thomas will appear on the ballot in April 2026 along with any certified petition candidates. Presently there are no additional president-elect candidates, although members have until […]