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Legal Resources
GENERAL
Baker's Texas Legal Pages From Freeland Enterprises, Inc. Features the Texas Penal Code, recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals opinions and casenotes, and recent state legislative amendments.
Texas Legislative Information House and Senate information, bill text search, calendars, links to Statutes and Constitution and more.
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure From the State Supreme Court.
Attorney General Opinions Provides access to the Texas Attorney General's opinions.
Jeff Flax Legal Resources Complete list of criminal defense lawyer resources.
Capital Defense Network Resource for federal death penalty defense practitioners
Attorney directory from MARTINDALE-HUBBELL
United States Sentencing Commission
United States Attorneys' Manual
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
CRIMINAL LAWYER DEFENSE ORGANIZATIONS
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers' Association
Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers' Association
TEXAS COURTS
Federal Courts
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court - Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court - Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court - Western District of Texas
U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Eastern District of Texas
U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Northern District of Texas
State Courts
Court of Criminal Appeals Provides information about the Court, its organization and judges; includes links to opinions, statutes, rules and contact information.
Supreme Court of Texas Provides information about the Court and its justices; includes links to opinions, rules, filing fees and scheduling.
Appellate Courts Provides information about Texas appellate courts; includes links to individual court Web sites.
- 1st Court of Appeals Houston.
- 2nd Court of Appeals Fort Worth.
- 3rd Court of Appeals Austin.
- 4th Court of Appeals San Antonio.
- 5th Court of Appeals Dallas.
- 6th Court of Appeals Texarkana.
- 7th Court of Appeals Amarillo.
- 8th Court of Appeals El Paso.
- 9th Court of Appeals Beaumont.
- 10th Court of Appeals Waco.
- 11th Court of Appeals Eastland.
- 12th Court of Appeals Tyler.
- 13th Court of Appeals Corpus Christi.
- 14th Court of Appeals Houston
- Collin County Case Lookup
- Constitutional County Courts Links to court web sites.
- County Courts at Law Links to court web sites.
- Dallas County Courts Information about courts and judges, maps and buildings, juror information, links.
- Dallas County Case Lookup
- Denton County Case Lookup
- Harris County Courts
- Statutory Probate Courts These courts have original and exclusive jurisdiction over their counties' probate matters, guardianship cases, and mental health commitments. Site includes list of judges.
- Justice of Peace Courts Links to court web sites.
Municipal Courts
College Station Municipal Court
North Richland Hills Municipal Court
Texas Judge Feature court sites from selected courts in Collin County, Dallas County, and the City of Plano. Also, includes forms, local rules, court directories and more.
Texas Online Local Rules Searchable site of Texas rules for various state courts.
GENERAL TEXAS COURT LINKS
Texas Judicial System Overview Links to information on Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, Court of Appeals, District Courts, County Level Courts, Municipal Courts, Justice of the Peace Courts.
Texas Judicial System Procedure and Rules Revisions Includes new discovery rules and commentary.
Texas Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
Board of Law Examiners The judicial agency responsible for administering the process of determining that applicants seeking to be licensed to practice law in Texas meet the qualifications set by the Supreme Court of Texas. Includes exam information, rules book, statistics, exam results, FAQs.
Municipal Courts Education Center Includes newsletter, links to city codes, rules of evidence and more.
Office of Court Administration News and other information on recent developments, trends, innovations and enactments related to the judiciary.
Texas Appellate Court Case Search From Texas Judiciary Online.
Texas Judiciary Online Provides information about the Texas judicial system; includes news and links to courts, court administration, court rules and Texas law, agencies and resources.
Texas State Law Library Library catalog, information on resources and services, links, state bar exam results, fees.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Texas State Office of Administrative Hearing Rules From the State Bar of Texas Administrative and Public Law Section.
