Starting a Practice
Learn what you need to know before you begin.The hardest part is showing up with the courage to start something new. You've made it. Welcome to our library of resources for starting a new practice. These materials contain useful information and guidance about the details of beginning your own practice, straight from experienced Texas lawyers.
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Starting a Practice
Texas Opportunity & Justice Incubator (TOJI)
- Mentor & Membership Opportunities
- This Quarters Resource
Disposition of Attorney IOLTA Accounts and Client Property
- Texas Estates Code Ch. 456 (Disbursement and Closing of Lawyer Trust and Escrow Accounts)
- Rule 1.14 of the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct (Safekeeping Property)
- Ethics Opinion 602 (Inability to Locate or Identify Owner of Funds)
- Rules Governing the Operation of the Texas Access to Justice Foundation
Disposition of Files
- Disposition of Files, In General: Ethics Opinion 627
- Screening of Criminal Case Files for Discovery from the Prosecution: Ethics Opinion 657
- Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art 39.14: Michael Morton Act
- Trade Secret and Proprietary Information: Northern District of Texas Misc. Order 62
- National Security Information
- Departing Atty Taking Only Firm File of His Clients: Ethics Opinion 684
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