{"id":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRADE-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 81.102(b)","instrument":"Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement)","title":"Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas","dateIssued":"2020-05-20","effective":"2020-05-20","end":"temporary relaxation for 2019 graduates to July 1, 2021","startDate":"2020-05-20","endDate":"2021-07-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["unlicensed law school graduates","law students","supervising attorneys and their firms","State Bar of Texas","Board of Law Examiners"],"clause":"1. On April 29, 2020, in Miscellaneous Docket No. 20-9060, the Court preliminarily adopted the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas pursuant to Section 81.102(b) of the Texas Government Code, and invited public comment.... 3. The Rules are effective immediately.... 5. On a temporary basis, Rule IV(B)(1) is relaxed for 2019 law graduates, as well as for graduates in prior years who have been serving as judicial law clerks, to the extent it prohibits those graduates from obtaining or maintaining a supervised practice card because they are approaching or have passed the 14-month anniversary of their graduation. Those graduates are permitted, on a temporary basis, to engage in the activities permitted under the Rules... until the earlier of July 1, 2021, or the occurrence of another terminating event in Rule IV(B).","enforcement":"Court order; unauthorized practice consequences","functions":["HR law firm hiring of 2020 graduates under supervised-practice cards instead of licensure","CS client representation limited to supervised activities"],"notes":"Companion to the Court\u0027s Apr. 29, 2020 order (Misc. Docket No. 20-9060) that postponed the July 2020 exam and its July 3, 2020 order cancelling the July sitting (recited in Ex. 061).","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1446545/209069.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":294039,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.), Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}