Supreme Court of Texas
Emily Garcia-Espino currently serves as a Deputy Clerk at the Supreme Court of Texas since May 2023. Prior to this position, Emily worked as a receptionist at Wright & Greenhill, P.C., where responsibilities included managing correspondence, summarizing and analyzing depositions, and assisting with attorney billing from September 2022 to May 2023. Earlier experience includes an Advocate Intern role at Young Invincibles, where Emily conducted research and organized statewide symposiums focused on healthcare, employment, and higher education from September 2021 to May 2022. Emily holds a degree in Government with a focus on Public Law from The University of Texas at Austin, completed in May 2023.
Supreme Court of Texas
Composed of the Chief Justice and eight Justices, the Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for civil matters in the State of Texas. The Justices of the Supreme Court are elected to staggered six-year terms in state-wide elections. When a vacancy arises the Governor may appoint a Justice, subject to Senate confirmation, to serve out the remainder of an unexpired term until the next general election. All members of the Court must be at least 35 years of age, a citizen of Texas, licensed to practice law in Texas, and must have practiced law (or have been a lawyer and a judge of a court of record together) for at least ten years (see Tex. Const., Art. 5, Sec. 2). By statute the Court has administrative control over the State Bar of Texas. Tex. Gov't Code § 81.011. The Court is also the sole authority for licensing attorneys in Texas and appoints the members of the Board of Law Examiners which administers the Texas bar examination. Tex. Gov't Code §§ 82.00, 82.004. The Court promulgates the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Texas Rules of Evidence and other rules and standards.