Claude Ducloux Wins Gene Cavin Award

June 6, 2011

TexasBarBooks would like to congratulate Austin attorney Claude E. Ducloux for being selected as recipient of the 2011 Gene Cavin Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education. Claude has served on countless CLE planning committees and is one of the State Bar’s most popular speakers and authors. He has chaired numerous professional organizations, including the [...]

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Download a Free Chapter from the New Wills Road Map

May 25, 2011

TexasBarBooks’ newest offering, Wills Road Map: Practical Considerations in Wills Drafting, is now available. Based on the well-known “Anatomy of a Will” paper from the TexasBarCLE seminar Building Blocks of Wills, Estates and Probate, this book is intended for both general practitioners who occasionally prepare wills for their existing clients as well as for experienced [...]

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State Bar Staff Members Recognized with Merit Awards

May 25, 2011

Each year, the staff of the State Bar of Texas are encouraged to think outside the box and discover new ways of maximizing productivity or enhancing the bar’s services to attorneys or to the public. Staff members who set and reach particularly noteworthy goals are then honored for their commitment to the State Bar’s “continuous [...]

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Do Your Part for Legal Aid Now

April 15, 2011

The number of low-income Texans in need of civil legal aid for help with issues such as veterans’ benefits, domestic violence and home foreclosures continues to increase significantly as a result of the on-going economic downturn. Currently, 5.7 million Texans qualify for legal aid, but the funds available to support legal aid have declined drastically. [...]

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Divorce as a Metaphor For Secession from the Union?

March 23, 2011

Adam Goodheart of the New York Times’ Opinionator offers tantalizing historical tidbits on divorce in antebellum America, when the country was gearing up for civil war. “We separated North and South because of incompatibility of temper,” the South Carolina diarist wrote in March 1861. “We are divorced because we have hated each other so. If [...]

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James E. Brill—Author Interview

March 8, 2011

James E. Brill is a solo practitioner from Houston whose practice emphasizes probate, estate planning, and real estate. He has served as editor, project director, and principal author of the Texas Probate System since 1971.n You’ve led the development of Texas Probate System, which Forms Builder is based on, for many years. Tell us how [...]

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Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability–an Explanation of PJC 71.10

February 8, 2011

We have been asked why UCC § 2.314(b)(5) is not included as an element in PJC 71.10. This subsection is not included because it does not relate to a products liability claim covered by PJC chapter 71. PJC 71.10 is based on the old PJC 71.9 as it appeared in former editions of this volume. [...]

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Trailblazer Louise Raggio Passes Away

January 31, 2011

[youtube width="560" height="400"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTW_tXQEvuE[/youtube] TexasBarBooks is sad to report that Louise Raggio, a pioneer among the state’s early female lawyers, died on January 23. Many of the impressive achievements of Ms. Raggio’s career were chronicled in the book Rough Road to Justice, published by TexasBarBooks. One such achievement was her election to the State Bar’s Board [...]

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Introducing Probate Forms Builder

January 5, 2011

TexasBarBooks is proud to announce the release of its new Texas Probate Forms Builder Document Assembly System. Forms Builder is an easy-to-use program designed to facilitate procedures and organize materials for Texas attorneys handling probate matters. Both new and experienced lawyers, as well as their legal assistants, stand to benefit from this time-saving and cost-effective [...]

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TexasBarBooks Donates Kindle and E-Books for Holiday Raffle

December 21, 2010

At this year’s staff holiday party, the State Bar raised over $2,600 for the Christmas Bureau of Austin through a raffle of gift baskets donated by various departments within the Bar. TexasBarBooks decided to celebrate our first foray into e-book publishing by offering a free Kindle with free copies of the Kindle versions of Rough [...]

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