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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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. 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 2010
Professionalism and Legal Specialization Twenty Years of the Texas Lawyer's Creed
Gary McNeil, Texas Bar Journal, November 2009
Texas Paralegal Standards
State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division


Purpose

The TBLS' purpose is to advance the standards of the
legal profession Legal profession is a profession in which legal professionals study, develop and apply law. Usually, there is a requirement for someone choosing a career in law to first pass a bar examination after obtaining a law degree or some other form of l ...
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 President of the State Bar of Texas and approved by its
Board of Directors A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulatio ...
. It has authority over all matters relating legal specialization in Texas and is subject to ongoing
jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' and 'speech' or 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United States, the concept of jurisdiction applies at multiple level ...
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
* Administrative *
Bankruptcy Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the deb ...
– Business and consumer * Civil appellate *
Civil trial In law, a trial is a coming together of Party (law), parties to a :wikt:dispute, dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence (law), evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to Adjudication, adjudicate claims or di ...
* Consumer and commercial *
Criminal In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definiti ...
* Estate planning and probate *
Family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
*
Health Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, p ...
* Immigration and nationality * Juvenile * Labor and employment * Oil, gas, and mineral * Personal injury trial * Real estate – commercial, farm & ranch, property owners association, residential *
Tax A tax is a mandatory financial charge or levy imposed on an individual or legal entity by a governmental organization to support government spending and public expenditures collectively or to regulate and reduce negative externalities. Tax co ...
*
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 (also called child welfare) is the safeguarding of children from violence, exploitation, abuse, abandonment, and neglect. It involves identifying signs of potential harm. This includes responding to allegations or suspicions ...
*
Construction Construction are processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and design that continues until the a ...


See also

* State Bar of Texas *
American Bar Association The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary association, voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students in the United States; national in scope, it is not specific to any single jurisdiction. Founded in 1878, the ABA's stated acti ...
* Texas Supreme Court *
Professional certification Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply ''certification'' or ''qualification'', is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task. Not all certifications ...
* National Board of Legal Specialty Certification * Attorneys in the United States


References


External links


Texas Board of Legal Specialization

State Bar of Texas

Supreme Court of Texas
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