The Court's law clerks are prepped for the start of oral arguments tomorrow. Today, they reviewed the Court's process for accepting and reviewing petitions led by Clerk of Court Blake Hawthorne.

Justice Mark Whittington advises lawyers to keep their briefs simple. Not necessarily at a 10th grade level: but your client has to understand the brief. #AppellateTwitter. vimeo.com/180525220

Kudos to State Bar/Texas Supreme Court Historical Society scholar, historian, and attorney William J. Chriss on his upcoming Texas A&M Press book SIX CONSTITUTIONS OVER TEXAS: TEXAS’S POLITICAL IDENTITY 1830-1900. Superb history + legal/SCOTX history. 📜📃📚⚖️⚔️🏛️ Pls repost.

Our illustrious Madame Chair Kirsten Castaneda presides over the Section’s first, full-length Council meeting of the Bar year! Many thanks to Locke Lord for hosting the Section this year! #AppellateTwitter ⚖️🏛️

One of only two Texan-born #SCOTUS Justices, what a legacy of outstanding public service Sandra Day O’Connor leaves behind after a life particularly well lived. Here she is at Texas Supreme Court Historical Society’s 2013 Hemphill Dinner with fmr #SCOTX CJ Jefferson & every living woman SCOTX Justice.

Congratulations to former Judge Don Willett clerk, @AppellateBeef—the 1st former #SCOTX clerk to go on to clerk for #SCOTUS—who will serve as the next Solicitor General of Louisiana! ⚜️💯 #AppellateTwitter ⚖️

And all of those videotaped oral arguments are free for the public to view at texasbarcle.com/CLE/TSCSearch.…. 🧵/2 #AppellateTwitter 📺

Supreme Court of TX State Bar of Texas SBOT App Section Texas Supreme Court Historical Society #SCOTX has even digitized old oral argument audio-cassette recordings going back to *1979* and posted them free for public access at txcourts.gov/supreme/oral-a….💯 🧵/end #AppellateTwitter 📼

Always amazed by the assembled appellate horsepower at SBOT App Section Council meetings! 👀

· It’s time again for nominations to the Texas Appellate Hall of Fame! Our announcement and instructions are below! #AppellateTwitter

The Supreme Court of Texas has issued final approval to new Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 34.5a and amendments to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 35.3 and 38.6 after receiving public comment. To view the new and amended rules, go here: txcourts.gov/media/1458489/…

We’re fortunate in Texas that #SCOTX has been webcasting its oral arguments for over *17* years since 2007! 👀 Watch them anytime at: texasbarcle.com/CLE/TSCSearch.… 🍿 Or listen to oral arguments going back a *half-century* to 1979: txcourts.gov/supreme/oral-a… 🎧 #AppellateTwitter ⚖️

Nominations are open for about two more weeks for the Texas Appellate Hall of Fame! Nomination instructions here: #AppellateTwitter

A great event! September 12, 2024. No RSVP required.

See below for nominations to the Texas Appellate Hall of Fame!

Reminder that this closes May 30, 2025!

A great coffee with the Court coming up!

A reminder that we have a coffee on July 31st in San Antonio with the Fourth Court of Appeals.

Our SBOT App Section Twitter Brief contest is back! Entries will be due by August 22, 2025. Rules below.

Join us for... Coffee with the Thirteenth Court of Appeals Sponsored by the Appellate Sections of the State Bar of Texas and the Hidalgo County Bar Association Thursday, September 18, 2025 || 9:00 – 10:00 AM