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However, defendants in counties with the county court at law structure do not have this option, as the county court at law judges are required to have law degrees. One of the most unusual features of Texas trial courts, including district courts, is the tradition of having only one judge per trial court. Instead of adding more departments to existing courts in response to population growth, Texas adds more courts.
Justices of the Court [edit]. The Court has a Chief Justice and eight associate justices. Each member of the Court must be at least 35 years of age, a citizen of Texas, licensed to practice law in Texas, and must have practiced law (or have been a lawyer and a judge of a court of record together) for at least ten years.he current Justices, like all the Judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals except for Lawrence E. Meyers, are all Republican. The place numbers have no special meaning as all justices are elected state-wide, except that the Chief Justice position is considered Place 1.