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Mandatory bar dues case before SCOTUS has ‘profound implications’ for attorneys across the nation, petitioners argue

By Staff reports | Tuesday, Mar 1, 2022 @ 2:56pm

WASHINGTON - The most recent filings in the mandatory bar dues case before the U.S.
State of Texas backs attorneys in legal battle over mandatory bar dues currently before SCOTUS

By Staff reports | Thursday, Jan 20, 2022 @ 10:28am

WASHINGTON - The state of Texas has sided against the State Bar of Texas, filing a brief in support of a trio of attorneys asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that members of a mandatory bar cannot be compelled to finance any political or ideological activities with their dues.
Elizabeth Ross Hadley Elected President of Dress for Success Austin Board

By Press release submission | Monday, Jan 17, 2022 @ 8:10am

Elizabeth Ross Hadley Elected President of Dress for Success Austin Board.
Texas Bar argues Free Speech Clause doesn’t apply to its activities in mandatory dues case before Supreme Court

By Staff reports | Tuesday, Jan 11, 2022 @ 12:27pm

WASHINGTON - The State Bar of Texas’ speech is government speech, so “the Free Speech Clause has no application” to its expressive activities, according to a petition the Bar’s Board of Directors recently filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.