Circuits License Agreement

CIRCUITS 

The language below addresses use by the State Bar and the Section of your recorded presentation and written materials. The Section and the State Bar of Texas, and their CLE partners, may archive CLE events both for video replays in additional locations and for streaming via its Website. Written materials are archived for access via the State Bar and the Section websites. Additional uses of these archived formats may be made in the future to better serve Texas lawyers or in accordance with the mission of the Section.

You retain the individual copyright to your written material, allowing you to freely sell or otherwise distribute it and revise or republish it at will. The State Bar and the Section shall own a copyright to the collected work in which your material will appear. Submission of your material grants the State Bar and the Section a nonexclusive license for the Section and Bar’s benefit to reproduce, sell, and otherwise distribute all or portions of your material under your name, individually, or as part of collective and derivative works, through any media now known or that might be created.

Your Presentation

You retain the individual copyright in your live or recorded presentation, allowing you to freely present and revise subsequent presentations at will. The State Bar and the Section shall own the copyright to its electronic capture (recording and distribution) of your presentation. Giving your presentation grants the State Bar and the Section a nonexclusive license for the Section’s and Bar’s benefit to reproduce, sell, and otherwise distribute all or portions of your presentation (including any audio/visual aids incorporated therein) under your name, individually or as part of collective and derivative works, through any media now known or that might be created.

Your Presentation Materials (PowerPoints, Demonstrative exhibits)

You retain the individual copyright to your electronic presentations, allowing you to freely sell or otherwise distribute it and revise or republish it at will. The State Bar owns a copyright to the collected work in which your material will appear. Submission of your material grants the State Bar and the Section a nonexclusive license for the Bar’s benefit to reproduce, sell, and otherwise distribute all or portions of your material under your name, individually or as part of collective and derivative works, through any media now known or that might be created.

Material Copyrighted by Third Parties

Your use of copyrighted material is a representation by you to the State Bar and the Section that you have obtained the rights necessary to such material for the benefit of the State Bar with respect to the nonexclusive licenses described above.

Use of Name, Image, and Likeness

By agreeing to participate as a speaker or author, you grant the State Bar of Texas and the Section the nonexclusive right to use your name, image, and likeness in connection with this event, including promoting the event and related educational activities. This permission includes, without limitation, use in printed materials, electronic communications, online postings, and social media platforms associated with the event and publication. Such use shall be for the purpose of identifying you as an author and presenter, publicizing your participation, and furthering the mission of the Section.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

All information obtained must be verified against original sources. Any citation, reference, indirect or direct quotes, data, or other material (whether or not generated by AI) must be disclosed, clearly cited, and reviewed for accuracy. Authors must be prepared to provide documentation of their verification process upon request. If AI is used, authors may be requested to include in the article submission a disclosure statement of the author’s AI usage, including any specific AI tool used, how it was used, and a summary explaining any human review and edits.

Authors remain solely responsible for their submissions. The State Bar of Texas and the Section will hold authors accountable for the final published work, regardless of whether AI tools were used in any stage of writing, editing, or research.

The Section reserves the right to request additional review of work, whether or not such work contains AI-generated content, if there is concern about the validity, originality, or ethical implications of the material.

By submitting work to the Section for publication or presentation, you agree you have read and agree to be bound by the foregoing terms and conditions.