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.
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2008 HEMPHILL DINNER SPEAKER
The keynote speaker for this year's John Hemphill Dinner was Professor Mark E. Steiner  of the South Texas College of Law, author of the award-winning book An Honest Calling: The Law Practice of

Abraham Lincoln.

The book is the product of more than 15 years of research conducted in conjunction with the

comprehensive Lincoln Legal Papers project, which

documented more than 5600 cases in Lincoln's prolific law career. Steiner's portrait of LIncoln the lawyer offers new insights into the cases and code

of conduct that earned him the name "Honest Abe."

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