Supreme Court of Texas
William Kovach is currently serving as a Judicial Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of Texas since September 2024. Prior experience includes a Judicial Extern position at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York with Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain, and a Teaching Assistant role at Columbia Law School focusing on Energy Regulation. William has also contributed to various legal settings, including as a Legal Extern with the Environmental Protection Bureau of the New York State Attorney General's Office, a Summer Associate at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and an extern with The Bronx Defenders. Additional experience encompasses a Legal Intern role at the ACLU of Kansas and several student leadership positions at The University of Texas at Austin, culminating in a Bachelor of Arts in History. William is pursuing a Juris Doctor degree at Columbia Law School, set to graduate in 2024.
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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.