The State Bar of Texas Board of Directors on Friday voted to select Steve Chiscano as chair-elect. Chiscano, a shareholder in Chiscano Hossa & Calve in San Antonio, will take office in June and serve as chair until June 2027.
The Texas Bar Foundation (TBF) awarded Alliance For Children, a children’s advocacy center serving Tarrant County, a grant of $7,400 to support its court education/accompaniment and emergency needs programs.
These programs provide essential support services for child abuse victims and
The State Bar of Texas Board of Directors will meet at 8 a.m. on April 24 at the Bevy Hotel in Boerne. The meeting is open to the public and will be broadcast live on the State Bar of Texas YouTube channel.
The agenda can be viewed here. Among
If you’re interested in law, the number of degree options can get confusing fast! You might hear about the JD, the LLM, legal studies degrees, joint degrees, and doctoral programs, all while trying to figure out which one actually fits
Update 4.14.26: We received a report of another scam targeting Texas attorneys. An attorney let us know the scam appears to be targeting plaintiff law firms, resulting in calls, emails, and lawsuits being filed across multiple states. At this time,
In this episode of the State Bar of Texas Podcast, host Rocky Dhir welcomes two leaders: State Bar of Texas President Santos Vargas and Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) President Alyson A. Martinez. They discuss their goals for the 2025-2026 bar
In September 2025, law students from all 10 Texas law schools came together for three days at the Lubbock County Courthouse to crown one “Best in Texas.”
Conceived through a partnership between the advocacy directors of the state’s law schools
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 April.
All virtual clinics run from
Texas attorneys will choose new leaders in an election beginning April 1. Voting will continue throughout the month, with results announced April 30.
Voting will take place electronically. Attorneys should look for an email April 1 from the State Bar’s
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.
