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Law Practice Resource Guide

Practice Essentials Office Technology The 2019 Solo and Small Firm Technology Attorneys’ Fees, 3rd Ed. / Robert L. Guide / Sharon D. Nelson et al, ABA Law Rossi, , 2019 (Call No. KF Practice Division, 2019 (reference desk). 316 .S65 2001). Macs-in-Law: the definitive guide for the How to Manage Your Law Office / Mac-curious, Windows-using attorney / Mary Ann Altman & Robert I. Weil, Brett Burney & Tom Lambotte, ABA Law Matthew Bender, 2020 (Call No. KF Practice Division, 2018 (reference desk). 318 .A758). Microsoft Office 365 for : A Practical Law Office Road Map: Practical Skills Guide to Options and Implementation / for Working with Clients, State Bar of Ben M. Schorr, ABA Law Practice Texas, 2012 (reference desk). Management Section, 2018 (reference desk). Texas Legal Practice Forms (Part One:

Legal Practice) / Nancy Saint-Paul, West, 2020 (reference desk). Attorney Wellness

Texas Practice Series: Handbook of Practicing Law and Wellness: Modern Texas and Judicial Ethics Strategies for the Lawyer Dealing with (Vols. 48-48B) / Robert P. Schuwerk & Anxiety, Addiction and Depression / Ann Lillian B. Hardwick, West, 2020 (Texas D. Foster, 2014, available at http:// section). www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm? The Greenbook: Texas Rules of Form, Section=Wellness1&Template=/CM/ 14th Ed. / Texas Law Review, 2018 ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=15158. (reference desk). ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs, http://www.americanbar.org/ groups/lawyer_assistance.html. Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program, State Bar of Texas, www.tlaphelps.org.

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Last revision: December 2020 Resource Guide Page 2

Legal Research and Writing Ethics and Attorney Liability

Legal Writing to Win, State Bar of Texas (located ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional in CLE – Section G). Coverage: 2015. Conduct / ABA, BNA, 2020 (Call No. KF Find Info Like a Pro: Mining the Internet’s 305 .A8 A23 1984). Publicly Available Resources for Investigative Attorney Malpractice: Law and Procedure / Research / Carole A. Levitt & Mark E. Rosch, David J. Meiselman, West, 2019-2020 (Call No. ABA Law Practice Management Section, 2011 KF 313 .M44). (reference desk). Legal Malpractice / Ronald E. Mallen, et al., West Fundamentals of , 10th Ed. / 2020 (Call No. KF 313 .M29). Steven M. Barkan, et al., West, 2015 (reference Professional Responsibility in Criminal Defense desk). Practice / John Wesley Hall, Jr., West, 2020 (Call Google for Lawyers: Essential Search Tips and No. KF 306 .H27 2005). Productivity Tools / Carole A. Levitt & Mark E. St. Mary’s Journal on Legal Malpractice & Rosch, ABA Law Practice Management Section, Ethics, St. Mary’s University School of Law. 2010 (reference desk). Coverage: 2011-2020 (periodicals section). Manual on Usage & Style, 12th Ed. / Texas Law Texas Lawyers’ Professional Ethics, 4th Ed. / Review, 2011 (reference desk). Texas Young Lawyers Association, State Bar of Texas, 2007 (reference desk). The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style, 4th Ed. / Bryan A. Garner, West, 2018 (reference Texas Legal Malpractice & Lawyer Discipline, desk). 18th Ed. / Charles F. Herring, Jr., Texas Lawyer, 2020 (reference desk). The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 20th Ed. / Columbia Law Review Association, et al., 2015 (reference desk). Additional Resources The Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet: Conducting Effective Free Investigative & Legal Research on the Web, 14th Ed. / Carole Party Talk: Answers to Everyday Legal A. Levitt & Mark E. Rosch, Internet for Questions for Texas Lawyers, State Bar of Lawyers, 2017 (reference desk). Texas, 2012 (located at the reference desk). The Legal Researcher’s Desk Reference / Arlene Texas Bar Journal, State Bar of Texas (located in L. Eis, Infosources Publishing, 2020-21 the periodicals section). Coverage: 1938-2020. (reference desk). The Practical Lawyer, The American Law Institute (located in the periodicals section). Coverage: 1955-2020.

Find these journals at the Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library through HeinOnline:

Criminal Justice Ethics | GPSolo | Legal Ethics | Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics

The list of resources presented in this Guide is for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.