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Can you claim Texas CLE credit in another state?
Often yes — and which of four routes applies depends first on whether the session was live, not on where you are licensed. State-by-state rules, fees and deadlines, from primary sources.
Professional responsibility · 30 August 2026Is it safe to ask about your case in a lawyer Facebook group?
The risk is not the one most attorneys are watching for, and it is not that a client sees the post. On listserv confidentiality and how to ask the question anyway.
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Each month’s piece follows that month’s CLE topic and whatever members are actually asking about.
What to ask a court coordinator, and when
The person who decides how your morning goes is rarely the judge. What to ask, how to ask it, and what never to.
Appearing in a courthouse you have never set foot in
The local rules take twenty minutes to read and will not tell you the three things that decide how your morning goes.
The real cost of your first hire
The salary is the number you budgeted and roughly the smallest part of what the hire costs.
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