TIGR Course 3 – “Legally Texas: Advanced Legal Research in the Lone Star State”

TIGR 2025 Coordinator: Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGL(sm)

Format: Virtual, pre-recorded lectures. Daily, live Q&A via scheduled Zoom meetings.

Maximum Registrants:  40

Description:
This course will offer an in-depth look at the unique legal history of Texas and its impact on researching in the Lone Star State. From the lingering effects of Spanish and Mexican civil law to the frontier rules of the Republic to the clashes with settlers from the old eastern common law states, knowing how to research Texas law and its application to records is essential. Sessions will explore the laws impacting Texas’s courts, land distributions, inheritance, family relations, and more, as well as the laws of slavery and Texas’s role in the Confederacy. Students will get assistance in finding law-related records held by the major repositories including the Texas State Library and Archives and the Texas General Land Office.

Faculty:

Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGL™, FUGA, Coordinator
Teri E. Flack, FTxSGS
LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG®, CGL™, FASG

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