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Features 450 442 460 479 Leading By Example OPINION Section Reports State Bar of Texas President Larry P. McDougal Recovering From COVID-19 on being prepared for the unexpected. Restoring civil rights and liberties 490 Interview by Patricia Busa McConnico for young people in Texas schools. Texas Supreme Court Order Written by Andrew R. Hairston Fifteenth emergency order regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster. 444 Logging On/Swearing In 462 The Texas Bar Exam’s top scorer OPINION 491 is inducted into the bar via Zoom. Love (Of the Constitution) Texas Supreme Court Order Interview by Eric Quitugua and Liberty in the Time of COVID-19 Sixteenth emergency order regarding the The role of a lawyer is vigilance. COVID-19 State of Disaster. 446 Written by Elizabeth Brenner 2020 Election Results 492 Texas Supreme Court Order 464 Order delaying effective date of amendments 447 LGBT Equality, Religious Liberty, to Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 116 and Mediated Settlement Agreements and Masterpiece Cakeshop 117 and website for service of process. Don’t put off until tomorrow Issues to consider. what you can do at mediation. Written by Dale Carpenter 493 Written by Scott Baker Texas Supreme Court Order 466 Order amending Texas Rules of Civil 450 Watch Your Tweets Procedure 47, 500.3, 509.2, and 509.6. #SQUADGOALS and Wash Your Hands The power of finding and Digital hygiene for the COVID-19 pandemic. 496 maintaining your group. Written by John G. Browning Texas Supreme Court Order Written by Chasity Wilson Henry Seventeenth emergency order regarding the and Courtney Barksdale Perez COVID-19 State of Disaster. 468 ‘You Have A Voice’ 452 498 Presidential Leadership The Texas Young Lawyers Association president seeks to empower future leaders Texas Supreme Court Order and and Legal Professionalism of the legal profession. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas Order The ties that bind—part two. Interview by Eric Quitugua Final approval of amendments to Texas Rule Written by Talmage Boston of Evidence 103(c). 470 457 Committee Reports 499 Back to the Future Texas Supreme Court Order Fifty-year lawyers reflect on how the Order amending Rule 11(d) of the rules legal profession has changed since 1970. governing admission to the Bar of Texas. Texas Bar Journal / July/August 2020 / Vol. 83, No. 7 / texasbar.com/tbj We encourage you to recycle this magazine. Miscellany 434 431 439 504 COMMENTS PODCAST DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS Are Zoom Court Hearings the ‘New Normal’ in Texas? 432 508 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S PAGE An excerpt from the State Bar of Texas Podcast MOVERS AND SHAKERS It’s Past Time to Reckon With Racial Injustice 440 STATE BAR DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT 510 Written by Trey Apffel Wendy-Adele Humphrey MEMORIALS Interview by Eric Quitugua 434 IN RECESS 514 Anvil and Hammer 441 CLASSIFIEDS A Richmond attorney finds ETHICS QUESTION OF THE MONTH comfort in the heat of the forge. 517 Interview by Adam Faderewski 500 NEWS FROM AROUND THE BAR ETHICS OPINION 688 436 518 PRESIDENT’S PAGE ATJ PRO BONO CHAMPION Plans for a New Bar Year 502 TYLA PRESIDENT’S PAGE Richard Danysh Written by Larry McDougal Inspiring Our Future Leaders Interview by Eric Quitugua Written by Britney Harrison 438 TECHNOLOGY Can Application Programming Interfaces 503 Be Protected Under Copyright Law? 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