Pregnancy and the Workplace
TYLA presents a set of resources for employees and employers to guide them in understanding applicable rights and obligations when an employee is pregnant.
Resources
Privilege 101
This guide was created to serve as an overview for attorneys, clients, spouses, clergy, and health professionals on legal confidentiality and privilege rights and obligations prepared by the Texas Young Lawyers Association.
Pro Se Appeals Guide for Texas Courts
The Texas Young Lawyers Association’s (TYLA) Pro Se Appeals Guide for Texas Courts is designed to educate pro se litigants about appellate procedure and help
Pro Se Divorce Handbook
This handbook provides a general introduction to representing yourself in a simple (uncontested) divorce.
Professional Etiquette
Professional etiquette is present in an individual’s work life, including introductions, meetings, communications, and dining situations. This guide will help you build valuable skills giving you a significant advantage in a business setting.
Protecting the Incapacitated: A Guide to Guardianship in Texas from Application to Oath
This pamphlet provides you with a brief overview of the legal system as it pertains to Guardianship.
Retention Guide
Each year women and people of color leave the lawyer ranks at a higher rate than other attorneys. This guide reveals the cause of this problem and will help you develop corporate strategies to retain a diverse and inclusive legal practice.
Shero – Podcast
A podcast celebrating women in the legal profession focusing on Sheroes and the issues and challenges that face women in the law.
Slavery Out of the Shadows
Slavery Out of the Shadows: Spotlight on Human Trafficking seeks to build awareness of human trafficking, a global epidemic affecting the lives of tens of thousands of victims within our own borders.
Small Affiliate Leadership Toolkit
This project seeks to help those who have heard the call of leadership—particularly those in small cities or rural communities looking to start, lead, or revive a local young lawyers association—by compiling resources created by the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) to hopefully make things a little easier and allow them to focus on bringing people together and executing their vision.
Social Media 101
Are there restrictions on what a lawyer can post to social media? Are social media posts considered advertisements? Are other social media activities such as “friending” regulated? This guide is intended to help you better understand the rules governing lawyer communications in social media.
Spanish for Lawyers
FREE materials that teach basic legal Spanish concepts that necessary to effectively advocate for Spanish-speaking clients. Professional lectures, written assignments, English-to-Spanish translated legal resources and more.
Special Education Laws and the School Environment: A Guide to Understanding Your Rights as a Parent
This handbook is meant to be a tool to help you find the resources you need and to understand some key concepts that will make your navigation through the challenging waters of special education a little easier.
Sports Law Guide
NCAA eligibility is based on a student-athlete’s academic readiness and amateur status. Becoming a college athlete requires you to be a “student” first. It’s critical to know what this means and to start learning before you reach campus.
Strength in Unity
Learn best practices for interacting with a police officer during a traffic stop.
