A visiting senior district judge is getting attention after he dressed down a Tarrant County jury for acquitting a DWI criminal defendant, calling jurors’ decision “one of the most bizarre verdicts that I’ve ever seen,” according to a trial transcript.

Law school career-services leaders say they have observed resiliency among their recession-era graduates. Although the Great Recession may have ruined plans for a law firm job, graduates have recovered, readjusted their expectations and discovered a new normal.

With litigators practicing law at greater distances than ever before, “appearance counsel” offer a way to keep costs down. However, using appearance counsel creates significant issues from both an ethical and malpractice perspective.

Is the dispute over a South Texas transgender teen’s yearbook photo a matter of 1. justice and a national petition drive, or 2. a dress code and following grievance procedures? Lawyers for the student and for the La Feria Independent School District disagree.

UT law professor Jennifer Laurin, who is helping plan the strategy for the audit of cases handled by former judge Ken Anderson when he was Williamson County district attorney, said some prosecutors have conducted focused audits after finding prosecutor error, but this one is broader than anything she knows.