Now through September 22, the Houston Bar Association (HBA) Lawyers for Literacy Committee is holding a book drive. The Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library is a public drop-off location for the book drive. Book donations are accepted Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Law Library is located on the first floor of 1019 Congress St., Houston, TX 77002.
Read moreCiv Pro: Navigating Your Legal Case File Online
The office of the Harris County District Clerk serves as the primary custodian of records and court documents for the county’s District Courts. Self-represented litigants can start a case by filing their legal forms in person at 201 Caroline or electronically through efiletexas.gov.
La oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito se encarga de mantener los archivos de los tribunales del Distrito. Los litigantes Pro Se (personas autorepresentadas y sin asesoramiento legal) pueden presentar formularios en persona o de manera electrónica con el sistema de efiletexas.gov.
Read moreAALL Recognizes Accessibility and Shining Stars at the Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library
The Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library received three distinguished awards at the 2022 American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, held in Denver, Colorado, earlier this month. The Law Library is grateful to be recognized by our distinguished law library peers, and humbled to serve the profession of law librarianship alongside a remarkable community of advocates for access to justice and legal information.
Read more¿Qué hacen los condados? Descubra las diferencias entre los tribunales
El sistema de tribunales en el condado de Harris está compuesto de diferentes niveles y cada nivel maneja diferentes tipos de casos. Estos tribunales juegan un papel importante en el sistema judicial del estado de Texas.
Read moreWrit(ten) Before Us: Writ of Error Coram Nobis
Writs. We’ve all heard of them. There’s the writ of certiorari, the writ of habeas corpus, and the writ of mandamus, just to name a few. But what exactly is a writ and what does it do? Simply put, a writ is “an order issued by a legal authority with administrative or judicial powers, typically a court.” Historically, in the common law, writs were used to convey real property, grant privileges or rights, and to convey information. They were also written executive directives from the king, instruments by which the king could intervene into matters that were not resolved by feudal courts. Later, writs evolved, adopting a more judicial nature, acting as summonses or the initial documents in legal matters or as an order commanding a person to do something or refrain from doing something.
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