Vernon's Texas Rules Annotated - VTRA TX R STAND ATTY CERT PT I § XV. Juvenile Law

A. Juvenile law is the practice of law dealing with judicial and administrative proceedings under Title 3 of the Texas Family Code, and other Texas statutes, including but not limited to, the Human Resource Code, the Texas Education Code, the Texas Rules of Evidence, the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as they relate to juvenile proceedings. Juvenile law is the practice of law involving, by way of definition not limitation,

• detention hearings;

• probable cause determinations;

• pre-trial hearings on motions to quash and to suppress;

• jury adjudication hearings;

• non-jury trial adjudication hearings;

• disposition negotiations and proceedings;

• proceedings seeking certification (transfer) to criminal court;

• determinate sentence proceedings;

• proceedings under Chapter 55 of the Family Code involving mentally ill or mentally retarded juveniles;

• parole revocation proceedings;

• juvenile appeals;

• post-adjudication hearings and matters;

• state and federal remedies;

• proceedings for sealing or destruction of juvenile records;

• juvenile justice alternative education program placements;

• proceeding involving registration of sex offenders; and

• other proceedings dealing with the rights of juveniles including those involving school discipline, special education, alcoholic beverages, and transportation.

B. Applicant must show substantial involvement and special competence in Texas juvenile law practice by providing such information as may be required by TBLS.

C. Applicant must submit a minimum of 5 names and addresses of persons to be contacted as references to attest to his or her competence in juvenile law. These persons must be substantially involved in juvenile law, and be familiar with applicant's juvenile law practice.