The Texas Board of Legal Specialization (TBLS) was established on July 16, 1974, by the State Bar of Texas. TBLS oversees the recognition and regulation of attorneys who specialize in particular areas of

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in the

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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

. Today, the organization certifies attorneys in 24 different specialty areas and paralegals in six specialty areas.Texas Plan for Recognition and Regulations of Specialization in the Law
Supreme Court of Texas, September 2010Professionalism and Legal Specialization Twenty Years of the Texas Lawyer's Creed
Gary McNeil, Texas Bar Journal, November 2009Texas Paralegal Standards
State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division

Purpose

The TBLS' purpose is to advance the standards of the

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and support the availability, accessibility and quality of services provided by Texas attorneys to the public in selected areas of law.Attorney Board Certification Increasing as Needs Grow
, Leslie Wimmer, Fort Worth Business Press, August 31, 2009

Governance

The TBLS is overseen by twelve members who are appointed by the

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of the State Bar of Texas and approved by its Board of Directors. It has authority over all matters relating legal specialization in Texas and is subject to ongoing

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by the Supreme Court of Texas.About Us
Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Specialty areas

The Texas Board of Legal Specialization certifies attorneys in the following selected areas of Texas law:
State Bar of Texas
American Bar Association *

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* Bankruptcy – Business and Consumer * Civil Appellate *

Civil Trial In law, a trial is a coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes. One form of tribunal is a court. The tribunal, ...

* Consumer and Commercial * Criminal * Estate Planning and Probate *

Family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

* Immigration and Nationality * Juvenile * Labor and Employment * Oil, Gas and Mineral * Personal Injury Trial *

Real Estate Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...

– Commercial, Farm & Ranch, Property Owners Association, Residential *

Tax A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, or n ...

Workers' Compensation Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her emp ...

* Criminal Appellate *

Child Welfare Child protection is the safeguarding of children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect. Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child provides for the protection of children in and out of the home. One of the ways to ...

Construction Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form Physical object, objects, systems, or organizations,"Construction" def. 1.a. 1.b. and 1.c. ''Oxford English Dictionary'' Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) Oxford University Pr ...

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Texas Board of Legal Specialization

State Bar of Texas

Supreme Court of Texas
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Purpose

Governance

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