Rule 12 grants access to judges’ emails, payroll information

2014-09-23T16:35:35-05:00

By Angela Morris Texas Lawyer Originally published Sept. 19, 2014 Lawyers might be interested in a little-known tool to request copies of courts' administrative records such as emails, calendars and payroll records. During a Sept. 12 panel at the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas annual conference, solo Joel White said that in 1998 he helped draft the tool—Rule 12 of the Rules of Judicial Administration. The Texas Public Information Act doesn't apply to the judiciary, but Rule 12 is sort of like the judiciary's version of an open records law. White explained that the public can use Rule 12 to [...]