Texas Young Lawyers Association

What Texas Young Lawyers Association does

The Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) is a nonprofit division of the State Bar of Texas, founded in 1930 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. Its membership is automatically included with State Bar of Texas membership and comprises all Texas attorneys licensed 12 years or less, making TYLA the "public service arm" of the State Bar. The organization is governed by an elected board of directors structured around 21 geographic districts and operates with a lean staff of three full-time employees (Executive Director Tracy Brown, Project Coordinator Bree Trevino, and Project Administrator Michelle Palacios), with substantive work executed by board committees and volunteers.

TYLA's core activity is producing and distributing free legal resources — pamphlets, guides, articles, podcasts, and videos — targeted at four segments: young lawyers, law students, K-12 educators, and the general public. The product portfolio includes flagship programs such as the National Trial Competition (co-sponsored with the American College of Trial Lawyers, drawing 150+ law schools and 1,000+ students annually) and the State Moot Court Competition, as well as targeted resources covering evidence, attorney billing, suicide prevention, compassion fatigue, tenant rights, disaster relief, child abuse reporting, diversity retention, and pro bono clemency. Distribution is primarily self-serve via tyla.org, supplemented by social media channels (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube), the Texas Bar Journal, annual reports, and a multi-show podcast lineup (Spanish for Lawyers, For the Public, Shero, Ten Minute Mentor, Practice Areas 101, Young Gunners).

TYLA's economic model is non-commercial: membership is free to qualifying Texas lawyers, the Law Student Division membership is $15 annually, scholarship awards are one-time payments (First Place $5,000, Second Place $3,000, Third Place $1,500, Joseph Pritchard Inn Scholarship $500), and core operating funding flows directly from the State Bar of Texas plus discrete grants from not-for-profit entities such as the $45,000 Texas Bar Foundation grant supporting Civility for All. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Texas Young Lawyers Association

Legal name

Texas Young Lawyers Association

Website

https://tyla.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

TYLA is a nonprofit division of the State Bar of Texas, founded in 1930, that produces and distributes free legal resources, competitions, and educational programming for young Texas lawyers, law students, K-12 educators, and the general public.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Association Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Law School Continuing Legal Education (CLE) & Executive Programs (EDAHAIAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

State/Provincial Courts & Judicial Administration (BPAIABAE), Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

Keywords

• Legal education resources
• Bar association programs
• Professional development
• Law student services
• Public legal information

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues (via State Bar): TYLA membership is automatically included with State Bar of Texas membership. TYLA's funding comes directly from the State Bar and grants from various not-for-profit entities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

TYLA is the "public service arm" of the State Bar of Texas, publishing pamphlets, guides, articles, podcasts, and videos, and putting on programming for young lawyers (licensed 12 years or less) and students of all ages. The organization assists the State Bar in facilitating the administration of justice, fostering respect for the rule of law, and advancing the role of lawyers in serving the public. It operates flagship programs including the National Trial Competition, State Moot Court Competition, Law Student Hub, and the Texas Lawyer Assistance Program, while also producing mental health, disaster relief, and civics education resources.

Product overview

TYLA is a membership organization that publishes legal resources and puts on programming for young lawyers and students. The organization operates as a collection of programs including the National Trial Competition, State Moot Court Competition, Law Student Hub, and various legal resource guides, podcasts, and educational materials. TYLA's resources are organized into categories for lawyers (attorney guides on evidence, billing, professional development), law students (competitions, scholarships, career resources), educators (classroom materials, civics programs), and the general public (tenant rights, disaster relief, voter education). The organization also produces mental health resources for the legal profession. TYLA does not offer a software product or platform but rather distributes PDFs, videos, podcasts, and curriculum materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• National Trial Competition (NTC)
• State Moot Court Competition
• TYLA Law Student Hub
• Civility for All
• Texas Lawyer Assistance Program
• Disaster Relief Resources
• Resources En Español

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACTL co-sponsors the National Trial Competition with TYLA to encourage and strengthen students' advocacy skills through quality competition and valuable interaction with members of the bench and bar.
• State Bar of TexascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState Bar of Texas is the parent organization of TYLA. TYLA is a division of the State Bar and receives funding directly from the State Bar. TYLA membership is automatically included with State Bar membership.
• Law Schools (ABA-accredited)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorABA-accredited law schools across the country participate in National Trial Competition; Texas law schools participate in State Moot Court Competition held in connection with State Bar Annual Meeting.
• Florida Bar Young Lawyers DivisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with TYLA to create 'From the Inside Out: In-House Counsel's Advice for Young Lawyers' resource, seeking advice from in-house counsel across various industries in Texas and Florida.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Illinois State Bar Association: Statewide bar association providing member services, CLE, and public legal education to Illinois attorneys. Operates a similar volunteer-committee model to TYLA.
• California Lawyers Association: California's statewide legal professional organization, providing practice resources, CLE, and public legal education — structurally analogous to TYLA within the California ecosystem.
• New York State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section: Young lawyer section within a large state bar association, offering CLE, publications, and pro bono programming for newly admitted New York attorneys — directly comparable in structure and mission to TYLA.
• Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division: The young lawyer division of The Florida Bar, a direct functional peer that TYLA has already co-produced resources with. Both divisions serve early-career attorneys through CLE, public service programming, and member resources inside a state bar structure.

Broad incumbents

• National Bar Association (NBA): Largest national network of African American attorneys and law professionals; operates young lawyer divisions and public service programming with a comparable member-resource focus to TYLA.
• American Bar Association (ABA): The largest national voluntary legal professional organization in the U.S. ABA operates a broader, national portfolio of membership, CLE, and public-education programs that overlap with TYLA's lawyer- and public-facing missions.
• American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL): An honorary trial-lawyer society that co-sponsors TYLA's National Trial Competition. Comparable in mission around trial advocacy excellence, though narrower in scope and membership profile.

Emerging players

• Practising Law Institute (PLI): A leading CLE and legal education provider. PLI competes in the same continuing-legal-education and practitioner-upskilling category where TYLA offers free CLE content, but at commercial scale.
• Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI): Consortium providing interactive online legal lessons to law students. Adjacent to TYLA's Law Student Hub in audience and mission, but built on a technology-enabled, interactive model versus TYLA's static content.

Others

• Law School Admission Council (LSAC): Administers law school admissions and the LSAT. Overlaps with TYLA's law-student audience (e.g., Law Student Hub) and is a complementary enabler for prospective law students.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TexYoungLawyers
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@texasyounglawyersassociation
• Facebookfacebook.com/TexasYoungLawyersAssociation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texasyounglawyersassociation
• Instagraminstagram.com/texyounglawyers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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