Daniella Landers was sworn in as the 2025-2026 president of the Houston Bar Association (HBA) during the HBA’s annual dinner on May 15. Landers, who succeeds Immediate Past President David Harrell, is the first African American woman to serve as
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Sponsored Content: Legal Industry Report 2025
We surveyed over 2,800 legal professionals and covered a wide range of technologies that impact law firms, including artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI. We also explored how law firm leaders approached the adoption of essential software, ranging from financial…
Revisiting Texas’ Mental Health Court Programs
In this special rebroadcast of the State Bar of Texas Podcast, host Rocky Dhir welcomes Judge Brent Carr to discuss his years of service in the Tarrant County Mental Health Court and the broader efforts across Texas to support people…
Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters Committee announces Indigent Defense Awards winners
By Will Korn
The State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters Committee announced Texas A&M University’s Public Policy Research Institute (PPRI) as the 2025 recipient of the Michael K. Moore Award for Excellence in Research or Writing in…
Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters Committee announces Pro Bono Excellence award winners
By Will Korn
The State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters Committee announced its 2025 Pro Bono Excellence award winners.
Judge Roy B. Ferguson, of Houston, received the Judge Merrill Hartman Pro Bono Judge Award; Christina Yarnell, of…
Champions of Justice Gala Benefiting Veterans Raises $1,034,918
Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative gives the keynote address at this year’s gala. (Photo by Bill McCullough)
The Texas Access to Justice Commission and its co-sponsor, the State Bar of Texas, honored veterans throughout…
Sponsored Content: Texas Bar Foundation awards lead funding for the 2025 Texas Elder Justice Coalition Summit
The Texas Bar Foundation has awarded a $12,000 grant supporting the 2025 Texas Elder Justice Coalition Summit, a gathering of frontline professionals confronting the crisis of elder fraud and financial exploitation, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 10, 2025…
Free Webinar Series: Elevate Your Legal Research with vLex Fastcase & Vincent AI
By Staff
All State Bar of Texas members have free access to legal research through vLex Fastcase. Join vLex Fastcase for its Q2 2025 webinar series to learn more about this member benefit.
- May 6: Introduction to vLex Fastcase (1 hour), register
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G. David Smith of Rockwall elected State Bar of Texas president-elect
G. David Smith
Texas attorneys elected G. David Smith, of Rockwall, to be president-elect of the State Bar of Texas and Armin Salek, of Austin, as president-elect of the Texas Young Lawyers Association during a monthlong…
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