As this post appears this morning, I’m standing up to speak at the Advanced Administrative Law Conference in Austin. (If you’re there, then hello!)

My [...]

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I will not be posting about the Friday orders list this week or next. You are on your own until June 22nd, when I [...]

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I’ve been rolling out a steady stream of updates to the DocketDB site. I shared some of these at the recent Practicing Before the [...]

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According to a notice posted on the Texas Supreme Court’s website, true electronic filing of appellate briefs is now available in that court:

Effective [...]

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The Texas Supreme Court issued two sets of orders today related to e-filing of appellate briefs in Texas.

Effective March 14, 2011: In the Texas [...]

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Thursday’s meeting of the Austin bar appellate section featured a panel of Texas Supreme Court Justices. The panel included Justice Nathan Hecht, Justice Phil [...]

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Last week, the Office of Court Administration released its official 2010 statistics page. On that list is the “Supreme Court Activity” document that is [...]

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Effective Monday, virtually all papers filed with the Texas Supreme Court must be accompanied by a PDF. (Only motions to extend time are excluded.)

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In Austin, August arrives with a weather forecast of 100-degree days. It leaves with the flurry of opinions the Texas Supreme Court traditionally issues [...]

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The Court’s online calendar has now been updated to show argument sittings and conferences planned for the next term.

It shows the expected burst of conferences [...]

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According to the Texas Supreme Court’s online calendar (here), today is the last conference of the Justices until August 16th. We can expect any [...]

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I’ve just ordered my copy of the new (and 96 pages longer) Bluebook citation guide.

I ordered from Amazon; if you like paying for shipping, you [...]

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