Comments for Researching Texas Law

Comment on Municipal Codes in Texas by Kirk Franklin

Kirk Franklin — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:24:59 +0000

I stumbled on this page and thought I’d let you know, you’ve missed the only codification company actually in Texas. My company, Franklin Legal Publishing, provides codification services for several hundred Texas cities. We have many codes posted online. They can be accessed through our website (www.franklinlegal.net) From there, click on “Codes”

Thanks.
R. Kirk Franklin, President
Franklin Legal Publishing, Inc.

Comment on Revised Civil and Criminal Statutes of Texas by Jack

Jack — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:10:49 +0000

What prompted the “Texas Revised Civil Statues of 1879″? Did it have to do with post war reconstruction?

Comment on Legal Research and Writing Skills in a Bad Economy by Matt Cordon

Matt Cordon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:35:35 +0000

Thanks, Don. I require students in my advanced legal research class to track (and “bill”) not only their time, but also to calculate database charges using a simple per-minute formula. I also still stress than many types of research are more efficient to do in traditional print sources, and I require them to perform both types of research to develop competence.

I appreciate your comment, though, and completely agree with your points.

Comment on Legal Research and Writing Skills in a Bad Economy by Don Cruse

Don Cruse — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:27:50 +0000

I agree about the importance of showing attention to detail.

But I’d be a little cautious before taking the advice of a company selling research services (Findlaw is Westlaw, after all) that summer associates do as many different kinds of searches as they can imagine. Not all firms have unlimited search plans; even those who do may itemize some of those costs for clients. Your students don’t want to be remembered for having run up a bill out of proportion to what an assignment should have demanded.

Comment on Dates of Interest for the 81st Texas Legislature by Maccie

Maccie — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:07:47 +0000

You have a few 2009 dates posted but then you list dates from 2005.

Comment on The Most Exciting Blog Post Ever Written About Texas Session Laws by Matt Cordon

Matt Cordon — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:17:36 +0000

Many thanks, Shane. I had hoped it would be the case that those would be expanded, but I thought it was wishful thinking that the session laws would be available going back so far. This is great news.

Comment on The Most Exciting Blog Post Ever Written About Texas Session Laws by Shane Marmion

Shane Marmion — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:15:29 +0000

The HeinOnline team has some good news regarding the Texas Session Laws and its availability in HeinOnline…

We are committed adding the entire sessions laws backfile for each state. New York and California have already been taken back to inception with Ohio and Illinois soon to be taken all the way back as well.

The 1995-2000 Texas session laws are currently being digitized and will be added to HeinOnline by the end of the year. The remainder of the backfile (1824-1994) will also being added sometime in 2009.

To stay up to date with the latest thats going on in HeinOnline you can visit our blog at: http://www.heinonline.blogspot.com