 In order to practice law in Texas courts, an attorney must be licensed, must stay abreast of legal developments through CLE programs, and must pay dues.The public can obtain basic information on all Texas attorneys, including their bar number, license status, and disciplinary record, from the Bar's website.In the 19th century, Texas had a reputation for arbitrary "frontier justice"; in one notorious example highlighted by Stanford legal historian Lawrence M. Friedman, its appellate courts upheld a conviction of "guily" (where the "t" was omitted) in 1879 but reversed a conviction of "guity" (where the "l" was omitted) in 1886.