One of the major decisions that shapes your career as an attorney is where you decide to attend law school. That school is your “home” for the next three or more years of your life. It influences the area of focus that you practice in, leads you to job opportunities once you graduate, and can determine how long you are in debt once you obtain your degree.
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Texas is comprised of 254 counties. A personal injury lawsuit or other types of commercial litigation filed in the state courts of Texas must be brought in one of those counties. The question is: which county?
In the United States, there are essentially two different justice systems for resolving personal injury lawsuits and other types of civil lawsuits.
There are federal courts, which are primarily created by the United States Constitution (though some specialty courts, like Bankruptcy Courts are created by the other branches of government). There are also state courts, which are principally created by state governments.
Determining which system will decide a civil suit — which is a question of which court system has jurisdiction — depends upon the answers to a couple of questions.*
