Mission Statement


The Texas Supreme Court Historical Society

is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to

the collection and preservation of papers, photographs, and significant artifacts relating to the Supreme Court of Texas,

the appellate courts, and Texas judicial history.

WELCOME to our website! We hope you will find information of both historical and current interest in our pages. Please return often—and consider becoming a member of our organization.

MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI IS

HEMPHILL DINNER SPEAKER

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will keynote this year's John Hemphill Dinner on June 1. The evening's events also include

the presentation of the Chief Justice Jack Pope Professionalism Awards and a memorial to Justice William L. Garwood.

See story and dinner

registration information inside.

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Spring Issue of the TSCHS

E-Journal  Now Available

Issue 3 of the Society's new e-journal

was distributed to members in late

February. It features the second half of

David Furlow's article on the Castiian influence on Texas law as well as an article on the Sweatt v. Painter desegregation case by Gary Lavergne.

Download the Spring issue now:

TSCHS_Journal Spring 2012 (pdf)

Winter 2011 issue:

TSCHS_Journal Winter 2011 (pdf)

Fall 2011 issue:

TSCHS_Journal Fall 2011 (pdf)