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Wrongfully Convicted District Judge Alleges Malicious Prosecution in Lawsuit

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A district judge who was wrongfully convicted of nine felonies has sued the prosecutors involved in the case, alleging they prosecuted her maliciously for a political agenda. Because of the convictions, former 380th District Judge Suzanne Wooten of Collin County had to resign her bench and saw her law license suspended, but last May a …

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Task Force Recommends Ditching Texas Bar Exam for UBE

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Texas law graduates would no longer face the Texas bar exam, and instead take a test with fewer essay questions that could qualify them for a law license in 29 states, if the Texas Supreme Court accepts a recommendation from one of its task forces. In a report this week, the Task Force on the Texas …

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Entering Its 4th Year, Award-Winning Houston Law Center’s Pre-Law Pipeline Is Just Getting Started

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Daniel Henry was studying to become an engineer, but something wasn’t right. Studying for his undergraduate engineering courses at the University of Houston was boring—a real chore—and he couldn’t see himself in the field for the rest of his life. Then an African-American studies course made him realize his true passion was fighting for justice …

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Voting Begins for Next President-Elect of the State Bar of Texas

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Lawyers begin voting today to decide whether Lisa Blue or Randy Sorrels will become the next president-elect of the State Bar of Texas. Lawyers have 30 days to cast their ballots, and the winner of election will serve as president-elect for one year, starting this summer, and then become state bar president in June 2019. …

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Three Texas Law Schools Continue Upward Climb in US News Ranking

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The latest law school rankings by U.S. News & World Report might be causing three Texas law schools to jump for joy, and three others to shake their heads. Three schools have enjoyed an upward trend in the rankings over the past three years. They include Baylor University School of Law in Waco, Texas A&M University School …

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Three Texas Schools Among Top 50 Go-To Law Schools

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Three Texas institutions are among the top 50 law schools feeding the most graduates into Big Law. The University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in Dallas and the University of Houston Law Center all ranked on an exclusive listing of Go-To Law Schools by Law.com, a website by …

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State’s Disciplinary Rules Now Allow for Subpoena of Lawyers Under Investigation

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The Texas Supreme Court has changed the state’s disciplinary procedural rules to give attorney disciplinary counsel the power to subpoena lawyers who are under investigation, and create new guidelines for imposing sanctions. The Texas Legislature called upon those changes to the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure last year when it passed the State Bar of Texas’ …

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One Texas Law School Is Doing the Heavy Lifting When It Comes to Diversity Efforts

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Texas legal educators are striving to recruit racially and ethnically diverse law students, but there’s one law school that’s excelling hand-over-fist compared to the others. With 91 percent of its current students hailing from minority racial and ethnic backgrounds, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law takes the top spot when it comes to a diverse …

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Here’s What an Attorney Discipline Case Against Texas Sen. Carlos Uresti Might Look Like

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Disbarment might be on the horizon for Texas state Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, because of his criminal conviction on 11 felony fraud-related charges. Uresti, a personal injury attorney, fraudulently steered his clients to invest in FourWinds Logistics, a hydraulic fracking business that turned out as a Ponzi scheme. He pleaded not guilty, claiming he …

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Open Records Reveal Personality Clashes, Power Struggle at Thurgood Marshall

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One of Texas’s public law schools has reeled during the past year under the stress of a censure from the nation’s law school accreditor, exacerbated by personality clashes between leaders of the law school and central university. A series of bad publicity has unveiled problems within Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law. The …

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