The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas is accepting public comments on the following proposed ethics opinion:
Proposed Opinion 2025-3 (comment deadline 2/2/2026):
If a school’s lawyer attends an Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meeting between a representative of the school and parents who are accompanied only by a nonlawyer advocate, and the school’s lawyer knows the parents are represented by a lawyer regarding the subject of the meeting, may the school’s lawyer communicate with the parents during the meeting without the consent of the parents’ lawyer?
Go here to read the proposed opinion and provide comments.