Applicants must ask their jurisdiction to send us the results directly. The court may contact information@ble.texas.gov by email. The October 2020 certification of your remote exam by the jurisdiction must include your full name, NCBE number, and staggered score. Civil Rights Clinic students represent low-income clients in civil rights cases, such as due process rights in the criminal justice system, Eighth and Fourth Amendment rights, and discrimination complaints. Students work on cases and advocacy projects for law reform with co-attorneys from Texas-based civil rights organizations under the supervision of clinic faculty. Through direct representation, students enhance their legal skills, including client interviews, fact-finding, negotiation, writing briefs, discovery and reporting, and litigation. Students work in teams on cases and meet at least once a week with the supervising clinic faculty. Students also participate in a face-to-face seminar where students learn relevant substantive and procedural law, discuss the political and social contexts of civil rights cases, and reflect on how legal problems can be resolved effectively and ethically. The seminar is held twice a week for a total of three hours. The supervising faculty member of the clinic is Visiting Clinical Professor Lia Sifuentes Davis. The clinic is offered in the fall and spring for six (6) credits, pass/fail. The clinic is open to students who have completed their first two semesters. Students should expect to spend an average of 10 hours per week on case work and seminar preparation.
For more information, see law.utexas.edu/clinics/civil-rights/. The Course Listings page is a searchable resource that contains course details, descriptions, prerequisites, and book information for certain courses. Courses can be searched by term, course name, professor, and course type (e.g., bar courses, specialized courses, paper seminars). The Texas legal component is available from the Texas State Bar – TexasBarCLE. The course is free, but you must register as a TexasBarCLE user before you can enroll in the Texas Law component. Go to www.texasbarcle.com/TBLE, click „Register Now“ and follow the instructions. Clinic introduces you to legal practice in a carefully structured and supervised practice environment. You will be an advocate for real clients with real legal issues, under the supervision of a clinical professor who is a licensed lawyer.
Like other law school courses, the clinic includes a seminar component that teaches legal doctrine and skills. Unlike other law school courses, the majority of your time and work is devoted to advocating for clients. Client advocacy teaches you to understand the client`s unique story and perspective, evaluate and make decisions according to an intervention plan, work with other students to advance the client`s goals, and become a thoughtful practitioner of law. Each semester, the Faculty of Law publishes course descriptions and academic advice on the Faculty of Law, law.utexas.edu website. Law students are responsible for consulting the law school website before registering for courses. Texas attorneys who have voluntarily resigned, except in light of ongoing disciplinary action, may seek a return to the rules of the State Bar, Section III, Section 10. You must email information@ble.texas.gov ATTN DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS for specific instructions. The Federal Income Tax Course, a prerequisite for all other tax courses, provides an introduction to the basic principles and guidelines of federal income tax found in many practice areas, including real estate, bankruptcy, family law and personal injury. It provides a vehicle to learn how to work with laws and regulations, and does not require business or accounting training.
This course covers the planning and drafting of basic wills and trusts. Students conduct fake client interviews, criticize and review existing wills and trusts, and draft original wills and trust documents.
