Texas Government Code Title 2, Chapter 82 - Licensing Of Attorneys

SUBCHAPTER A BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS

• Texas Section 82.001 - Board Of Law Examiners
  (a) The Board of Law Examiners is composed of nine attorneys who have the qualifications required of members of the supreme court. (b) The supreme...
• Texas Section 82.002 - Conflict Of Interest
  (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to...
• Texas Section 82.0021 - Removal Of Board Members
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the Board of Law Examiners that a member: (1) does not have, at the time of taking...
• Texas Section 82.003 - Open Records And Open Meetings
  (a) Except as provided by this section, the Board of Law Examiners is subject to Chapter 552 and Chapter 551. (b) Examination questions that may...
• Texas Section 82.004 - Board Duties
  (a) The Board of Law Examiners, acting under instructions of the supreme court as provided by this chapter, shall determine the eligibility of candidates for...
• Texas Section 82.005 - Board Compensation
  (a) The supreme court shall set the compensation of each member of the Board of Law Examiners, excluding reasonable and necessary actual expenses, at an...
• Texas Section 82.006 - Sunset Provision
  The Board of Law Examiners is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is...
• Texas Section 82.007 - Career Ladder; Annual Performance Evaluations
  (a) The executive director of the Board of Law Examiners or the executive director's designee shall develop an intraagency career ladder program. The program shall...
• Texas Section 82.0071 - Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
  (a) The executive director of the Board of Law Examiners or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement that implements...
• Texas Section 82.0072 - Standards Of Conduct
  The executive director of the Board of Law Examiners or the executive director's designee shall provide to members of the board and to board employees,...
• Texas Section 82.0073 - Separation Of Responsibilities
  The Board of Law Examiners shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policymaking responsibilities of the board and the management responsibilities of the...
• Texas Section 82.008 - Public Information
  (a) The Board of Law Examiners shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the board. The board shall make the information available...
• Texas Section 82.009 - Program Accessibility
  The Board of Law Examiners shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who has a physical, mental, or developmental disability...
• Texas Section 82.010 - Training Program Required
  (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the Board of Law Examiners may not vote, deliberate, or...
• Texas Section 82.011 - Written Complaints
  (a) The Board of Law Examiners shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the board. The file must include: (1) the name...

SUBCHAPTER B LICENSING OF ATTORNEYS

• Texas Section 82.013 - Effective Use Of Technology
  The Board of Law Examiners shall develop and implement a policy requiring the executive director and board employees to research and propose appropriate technological solutions...
• Texas Section 82.021 - Supreme Court Authority
  Only the supreme court may issue licenses to practice law in this state as provided by this chapter. The power may not be delegated. Added...
• Texas Section 82.022 - Supreme Court Rulemaking
  (a) The supreme court may adopt rules on eligibility for examination for a license to practice law and on the manner in which the examination...
• Texas Section 82.023 - Declaration Of Intention To Study Law
  (a) Each person intending to apply for admission to the bar must file with the Board of Law Examiners, on a form provided by the...
• Texas Section 82.024 - Law Study Requirements; Eligibility For Examination
  A person who has completed the prescribed study in an approved law school has satisfied the law study requirements for taking the examination for a...
• Texas Section 82.0241 - Unaccredited Schools Of Law
  All matters relating to licensing of persons who were enrolled at unaccredited schools of law in this state are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the...
• Texas Section 82.027 - Application For Examination
  (a) Each applicant to take a bar examination must file an application with the Board of Law Examiners not later than the 180th day before...
• Texas Section 82.0271 - Residency Or Citizenship Status Of Applicant
  A person who has applied to take the bar examination may not be denied admission to the bar examination based on the applicant's lack of:...
• Texas Section 82.0272 - Testing Accommodations For Applicants With Disabilities
  An applicant who has a physical, mental, or developmental disability may request that the Board of Law Examiners provide testing accommodations on the bar examination....
• Texas Section 82.028 - Moral Character And Fitness Of Applicant
  (a) The Board of Law Examiners may conduct an investigation of the moral character and fitness of each applicant for a license. (b) The board...
• Texas Section 82.029 - Release Of Bar Examination Results
  (a) On request of a law school that is conducting research on the achievement of the law school's students or graduates on the Texas bar...
• Texas Section 82.030 - Board Assessment Of Moral Character And Fitness
  (a) The Board of Law Examiners shall assess each applicant's moral character and fitness based on: (1) the investigation of character and fitness performed after...
• Texas Section 82.033 - Fees
  (a) The supreme court shall set the fee for the investigation of the moral character and fitness of each candidate at an amount that does...
• Texas Section 82.034 - Use Of Funds
  Fees received by the Board of Law Examiners shall be deposited in a fund established by the supreme court. The fund may be used only...
• Texas Section 82.035 - Audit; Financial Report
  (a) The financial transactions of the Board of Law Examiners are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321. (b) The...
• Texas Section 82.036 - Foreign Attorneys
  The supreme court shall make such rules and regulations as to admitting attorneys from other jurisdictions to practice law in this state as it shall...
• Texas Section 82.0361 - Nonresident Attorney Fee
  (a) In this section, "nonresident attorney" means a person who resides in and is licensed to practice law in another state but who is not...
• Texas Section 82.037 - Oath Of Attorney
  (a) Each person admitted to practice law shall, before receiving a license, take an oath that the person will: (1) support the constitutions of the...

SUBCHAPTER C ATTORNEY CONDUCT

• Texas Section 82.038 - Probationary License For Applicant Suffering From Chemical Dependency
  (a) If, after a moral character and fitness assessment, the Board of Law Examiners determines that the applicant suffers from chemical dependency, the board shall...
• Texas Section 82.061 - Misbehavior Or Contempt
  (a) An attorney at law may be fined or imprisoned by any court for misbehavior or for contempt of the court. (b) An attorney may...
• Texas Section 82.062 - Disbarment
  Any attorney who is guilty of barratry, any fraudulent or dishonorable conduct, or malpractice may be suspended from practice, or the attorney's license may be...
• Texas Section 82.063 - Retention Of Client's Money
  (a) A person may bring an action against the person's attorney if the attorney receives or collects money for the person and refuses to pay...
• Texas Section 82.064 - Officers Not To Appear
  (a) A judge or clerk of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, or a district court, or a sheriff...
• Texas Section 82.065 - Contract For Legal Services
  (a) A contingent fee contract for legal services must be in writing and signed by the attorney and client. (b) Any contract for legal services...
• Texas Section 82.0651 - Civil Liability For Prohibited Barratry
  (a) A client may bring an action to void a contract for legal services that was procured as a result of conduct violating Section 38.12(a)...
• Texas Section 82.066 - Attorney May Not Appear
  An attorney may not appear before a judge or justice in a civil case if the attorney is related to the judge or justice by...

Last modified: September 28, 2016