To become board certified in Legislative and Campaign Law, the attorney must devote a minimum required percentage of time practicing in a specialty area each year.
The attorney must devote a minimum of 30% of his or her time practicing legislative and campaign law in Texas during each year of the three years immediately preceding application.
the required percentage during each year of the 3 years immediately preceding application. The board certified attorney must devote the required percentage during each year of certification.
Categories for task requirements in Legislative and Campaign Law include:
- The functioning of Legislative Institutions and Professional Advocacy including:
- researching, preparing, or advising on legislative instruments, including bills, joint resolutions, resolutions to sue the state, amendments, and ordinances;
- researching, preparing, or advising on matters of statutory intent;
- advising on the law of legislative privileges and legislative immunity;
- researching, preparing, developing, modifying, or advising on public sector budgets through the legislative process;
- advising on achieving compliance with state, federal, or local lobby regulation laws; (f) advising on legislative practice and procedure;
- legal challenges to any state, local, or federal law specifically related to legislative law;
- advocacy on behalf of clients at the Texas Ethics Commission, Federal Election Commission, other local ethics commissions, or other similar agencies;
- government enforcement actions, investigations, or prosecutions involving alleged violations of any state, local, or federal law specifically related to legislative law;
- other litigation and executive and administrative opinion processes specifically related to legislative law;
- advising on separation of powers and scope of delegated powers of each branch of government; and
- publishing articles, presenting continuing legal education, or teaching at an institution of higher education on legislative or lobby law.
- The following activities in Campaign Law:
- providing campaign finance advice for political candidates, political committees, political organizations, and public officials;
- providing advice on federal or state laws or regulations governing campaign or political activities by corporations or nonprofit organizations;
- legal challenges to any state, local, or federal law specifically related to campaign law;
- election contests and/or recounts;
- government enforcement actions, investigations, or prosecutions involving alleged violations of any state, local, or federal law specifically related to campaign law;
- other litigation and executive and administrative opinion process specifically related to campaign law; and
- publishing articles, presenting continuing legal education, or teaching at an institution of higher education on campaign finance or election law.
