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January 18 is National Thesaurus Day, which “honors Peter Mark Roget, the author of Roget’s Thesaurus, who was born on this day in 1779.” In recognition of the beauty of language, we offer some resources to improve/enhance/revamp/reform/upgrade your legal writing.
Read moreTo help survivors of financial abuse, Texas Appleseed, a nonprofit organization promoting social and economic justice, has teamed up with the Texas Coalition on Coerced Debt to create the Coerced Debt Toolkit: Addressing Identity Theft for Survivors of Financial Abuse. The toolkit is divided into five guides that will help users recognize the signs of financial abuse and will offer them some strategies to address it.
Read moreThe 87th Texas Legislature convened at noon on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, following a year that was like no other. In addition to several “high-profile” bills, there are also introduced bills that could, if passed, influence family and housing laws and court administration. We’ve only highlighted a few of the thousands of bills that have been introduced, so feel free to visit Legiscan to see the entire list or the Texas Legislature Online to look for and search legislation.
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Most of us have many passwords and answers to security questions floating in our heads, or worse—on paper or in a computer file. Some of us use the password managers provided by our web browsers, but there are concerns about those as well. Third-party password managers offer an alternative option.
Read moreDuring the pandemic, human trafficking has been on the rise, and services to help victims are less widely available. In recognition of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on January 11, 2021, the Harris County Law Library has assembled a list of resources and links to organizations that work to disrupt supply chains and provide relief and aftercare for victims.
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What’s behind the name? “Ex Libris Juris” is Latin for “from the books of law” and much of the information here will relate to the legal information collected and curated by the Law Library. Additionally, “Ex Libris” has long appeared on bookplates – labels appearing inside the front cover of books – and has acquired the connoted meaning “from the library of” to show ownership of the book. Using this connotation, the phrase becomes “from the library of law” and better describes the posts about digital resources, event announcements, and research tips that will regularly appear here.
