“I apologize from the bottom of my heart for my personal mistake, and I commit to do everything in my power to deal with the underlying issues and to do the very best I can to serve the citizens of Travis County,” writes Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg in a statement.

Baylor University School of Law and Texas Tech University School of Law took first and second place, respectively, for the percentage of graduates passing the February Texas bar exam on their first try.

Bills that would have restricted use of the Texas Supreme Court’s divorce forms, created regulations for lawsuit lending and given some judges a small pay raise are examples of measures that died last week after missing deadlines in the Texas House.

Enforceable arbitration clauses are usually the result of a contract between parties. But does that work in probate law, where beneficiaries rarely sign contracts, and the most important party is always dead?

This year’s State Bar of Texas president-elect race has energized lawyers, who turned out to vote in the highest percentages since 2009.