Pro hac vice admission can only be properly sought by a non-resident attorney for a particular proceeding. The applicant must be sponsored by a Texas attorney. A copy of this rule can be found in West's Texas Rules of Court - State . Pro se practice. This term is not appropriate since all it asserts is that the person is not a child or a mentally incompetent.
Civil rules permit pro se representation.
A court may not order a party to be represented by counsel. Rule 7 also is expressly worded in the alternative - a party must either be pro se or have counsel, but not both. These civil rules only apply to natural persons. A pro se party is required to observe all applicable rules as would a party represented by counsel. The criminal rules on pro se representation are different.