Do
you remember your first voting experience? Who were
the candidates in the first Presidential election for
which you were eligible to cast a vote? Did you even
know how to cast a vote?
For
first-time voters, the election process may seem a little
intimidating, so the Texas Young Lawyers Association
(TYLA) created a program to help de-mystify the experience.
This year TYLA’s Law-Focused Education committee
is pleased to present VoTexas; a voting guide aimed
at high school seniors nearing their first participation
in the election process. (continued)
Featured
Local Affiliate Leader
Bruce
Bain, Smith County
By
Rob Canas -
Happiness in one’s private life translates to success
in one’s career. Bruce Bain is living proof of this
truism as he has accomplished much in the 10 years since
graduating from the South Texas College of Law. Bain works
hard and lives a good life. His quality of life has a
lot to do with where he practices. He was born and raised
in Smith County and that is where he practices law. Smith
County is truly home for Bruce Bain.
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Featured
TYLA Project
South
Texas College of Law Wins Annual State Moot Court Tournament
South
Texas College of Law (STCL) took top honors at the annual
State Moot Court Competition held during the State Bar
of Texas annual meeting in San Antonio. This is the
12th time STCL has won the championship title since
the competition's inception in 1975.
The
final round between STCL and the University of Houston
Law Center was judged by seven members of the Texas
Supreme Court. Eight of Texas' nine law schools participated
in the annual competition, which is sponsored by TYLA.
(Photo caption: STCL Team members Taneka
Johnson, Nicole James, Paige Woodard)
Tips for Young Lawyers
Think
Before You Object: Beware of Blindly Asserting Those General
Objections to Discovery Requests
By Victor Vital -
The new restrictions on prophylactic
objections, coupled with the affirmative duty to respond,
will help eliminate the abuse of parties “burying”
the truth behind an avalanche of all objections that
conceivably could be applicable (and/or are available
as forms on the party’s word processing systems).
To combat such tactics, moreover, Rule 193.2(e) provides
that any objection obscured by numerous unfounded objections
is automatically waived unless the court excuses the
waiver for good cause shown.
-- Hon. Nathan L. Hecht of the Supreme Court of Texas
& Robert H. Pemberton Supreme Court of Texas Rules
Attorney, A
Guide to the 1999 Texas Discovery Rules Revisions.
If you are involved in civil litigation, then you cannot
avoid having to prepare responses to discovery requests.
Many litigators preparing discovery responses blindly
assert general objections in response to discovery requests,
in an attempt to avoid waiving any potentially applicable
objection. Such litigators usually preface their responses
to discovery requests with general objections similar
to the following:
GENERAL OBJECTIONS
Each and every request for production of documents (“Request”)
is subject to the objections set forth below. These
general objections are incorporated by reference into
each specific response as if fully set forth therein.
These general objections may be specifically interposed
for the purpose of clarity in response to a particular
request; however, the failure to specifically incorporate
any general objection should not be construed as a waiver
of the objection.
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Featured
Local Affiliate Leader
Former
TYLA President Amos Mazzant Appointed to Fifth District
Court of Appeals
By
Cade Browning -
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Former
TYLA President Amos Mazzant of Sherman, Texas has been
named to the Fifth District Court of Appeals by Governor
Rick Perry. The state appeals court covers Collin, Dallas,
Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall and Van Zandt counties.
Mazzant is
an attorney with Wolfe, Tidwell and McCoy in Sherman.
He graduated magna cum laude from University of Pittsburgh
and received a law degree from Baylor Law School where
he was named Baylor University Young Lawyer of the Year
for 2002.
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TAKE
NOTE
4-Day Western Caribbean Cruise from Galveston, Texas
to Cozumel, Mexico--March 3-7, 2005 on Carnival’s
Ecstasy
Get
on board the 2nd
Annual CLE Cruise co-sponsored by
Houston YLA,
Galveston County YLA, Fort Bend County YLA.
For
the price, this is the absolute BEST networking event
you can attend all year. Not only does it give you a
chance to earn all your CLE credit for the year, but
it provides a unique and intimate environment to network
and market with lawyers from across the State of Texas
and members of the judiciary from the greater Houston
area. (17 hours CLE, including 3 ethics,
will be provided)
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