STATE BAR MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED
Known as the State Bar Act
The act spans §§ 81–81 (104 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Green v. State Bar of Texas (1994)
Most recently applied in In re Bacon (April 2017)
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 3.01, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person may not practice law in this state unless the person is a member of the state bar.
(b) The supreme court may promulgate rules prescribing the procedure for limited practice of law by:
(1) attorneys licensed in another jurisdiction;
(2) bona fide law students; and
(3) unlicensed graduate students who are attending or have attended a law school approved by the supreme court.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.