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Rules and Standards

The Supreme Court of Texas



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Contact Rules Attorney Ms. Kennon L. Peterson (512) 463-1353

Rules

  1. Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure [View/Print 1.59 MB PDF]
    Updated with amendments effective September 1, 2008
  2. Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
  3. Texas Rules of Evidence
  4. Texas Discovery Rules
  5. Code of Judicial Conduct | Proposed Revisions
  6. Court Reporters Rules
  7. Texas Rules of Judicial Administration | Proposed Amendments [pdf]
  8. Other Rules Governing Attorneys
  9. Parental Notification Rules and Forms
  10. Texas Court Rules: History and Process
    Excerpted from Nathan L. Hecht & E. Lee Parsley, Procedural Reform: Whence and Whither (Sept. 1997), updated by Robert H. Pemberton (Nov. 1998)

Standards

  1. Appellate Conduct
  2. Code of Conduct for Supreme Court Law Clerks & Staff Attorneys [pdf]
  3. Mediator Guidelines - [pdf]
  4. Uniform Format Manual
  5. Code of Criminal Procedure
  6. Civil Practices and Remedies Code
  7. Family Code

Administrative Orders

  1. Recently Released | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | Details

Rules Advisories

  1. TRAP and RJA 15 Proposed Amendments - 03/13/08
  2. Rules Committee Agenda for 06/02/2006 - 05/31/06
  3. Rules Committee Agenda for 04/14/2006 - 05/01/06
  4. Amended MDL Rule Applies to Pretrial Transfers - 11/29/05
  5. Rules Committee Agenda - 04/14/06
  6. Proposed Revisions to Code of Judicial Conduct - 01/11/06
  7. Court Names New Rules Attorney - 10/27/05
  8. Court Posts New Mediation Guidelines - 07/26/05
  9. Process Servers Review Board web site - 09/15/05
  10. Rules committee agenda - 08/26/05
  11. Court Promulgates Advertising Rule Changes - 02/11/05
  12. Court Issues Referral-Fee Rule, MCLE Amendments - 01/26/05
  13. Court Issues Rules Orders - 01/27/05
  14. Rules Committee Agenda - 01/07/05
  15. Judicial Ethics Committee to Meet on Final Proposals - 10/28/04
  16. Supreme Court Advisory Committee Agenda - 08/13/04
  17. Court issues ad litem rule revision, other changes - 10/07/04
  18. Court amends Rule of Civil Procedure 194.2 - 03/19/04
  19. Court Suspends Rule 8a effective date - 12/30/03
  20. Supreme Court Issues New Rules Related to House Bill 4 - 08/29/03
  21. Court Adopts New Rules Proposals  - 10/09/03

Supreme Court Advisory Committee

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Updated: 06-Mar-2009