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Legal Services for Students Handbook for 2012

Landlord-Tenant

  • The Lease, Before You Sign
  • Breaking a Lease
  • Renter's Insurance
  • Repair Problems
  • Security Deposit
  • Eviction

Car Questions

  • Automobile Accidents
  • Texas Personal Automobile Insurance
  • Automobile Repairs
  • Towing Law

Consumer Law

  • Buying and Selling a Car
  • Illegal Downloading, File-Sharing & Copyright Violations
  • Sales (Door-To-Door Sales, Telephone Sales, Mail Order Sales, Unsolicited Goods, Email Spam)
  • Credit (Credit Cards, Debit cards, Collection Agencies, Credit Reporting Errors, Credit Billing Errors)
  • Identity Theft
  • Bankruptcy
  • The Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA)

Employment Law

  • You're Hired!... Employment Contracts
  • You're Fired!... Or Are You?... Employment at Will
  • Harassment
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Reporting Discrimination

Criminal Law

  • If You Are Stopped
  • If You Are Arrested
  • Traffic Offenses
  • DWI Advice
  • Other Alcohol-Related Misdemeanor Crimes
  • Marijuana
  • Theft by Check
  • Sexually Explicit Recordings
  • Stalking and Harassment
  • Expunctions and Non-Disclosure Orders

Domestic Relations

  • Marriage
  • Divorce
  • Child Support
  • Spousal or Child Abuse

Estate Documents

  • Wills
  • Living Wills
  • Other Documents

Small Claims Court

  • Jurisdiction and Whether to File Suit
  • Preparing Your Case

Community Resources

  • Helpful Web Sites and Numbers