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- Jurisdiction
- Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission) · Texas
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code § 81.102(b)
- Issued
- 2020-05-20 May 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-20
- End
- temporary relaxation for 2019 graduates to July 1, 2021 (read as 2021-07-01)
- In force
- May 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- unlicensed law school graduates
- law students
- supervising attorneys and their firms
- State Bar of Texas
- Board of Law Examiners
- Functions reached
- HR law firm hiring of 2020 graduates under supervised-practice cards instead of licensure
- CS client representation limited to supervised activities
- Collection
- State trade licensing boards AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS
Operative words
1. On April 29, 2020, in Miscellaneous Docket No. 20-9060, the Court preliminarily adopted the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas pursuant to Section 81.102(b) of the Texas Government Code, and invited public comment.... 3. The Rules are effective immediately.... 5. On a temporary basis, Rule IV(B)(1) is relaxed for 2019 law graduates, as well as for graduates in prior years who have been serving as judicial law clerks, to the extent it prohibits those graduates from obtaining or maintaining a supervised practice card because they are approaching or have passed the 14-month anniversary of their graduation. Those graduates are permitted, on a temporary basis, to engage in the activities permitted under the Rules... until the earlier of July 1, 2021, or the occurrence of another terminating event in Rule IV(B).
Enforcement
Court order; unauthorized practice consequences
Notes
Companion to the Court's Apr. 29, 2020 order (Misc. Docket No. 20-9060) that postponed the July 2020 exam and its July 3, 2020 order cancelling the July sitting (recited in Ex. 061).
Retrieval noteMisc. Docket No. 20-9060 (Apr. 29, 2020) and the July 3, 2020 cancellation order were not located on txcourts.gov in this session; they are established by recital in Ex. 040-041 and 061.