The appellate lawyer’s job is to come in after the trial and kill all the survivors. And after nearly a quarter century of killing survivors, Robert B. Gilbreath is convinced that the first cousin to Occam’s razor — the K.I.S.S. principle — applies to litigation. Building a case from the ground up on the simplest … Read More »

There’s a game of musical chairs at the Texas Supreme Court, and it’s unclear who will take several seats once the music stops. But the safest bet is that Gov. Rick Perry takes a hard look at moving one of the court’s current associate justices to the center seat — four of whom are his … Read More »

About 650 Texas judges were evacuated from a judicial conference on Friday, after security personnel found a note that referenced “getting revenge,” says Mark Atkinson, executive director of the Texas Center for the Judiciary.

The employment-based permanent residency process (the “green card” process) is complex, with plenty of traps for the unwary. Before jumping into a case, lawyers should ask themselves — and their clients — these important questions.

Faced with a shrinking applicant pool, law schools face a dilemma. If a school reduces class size to maintain academic quality, it must charge more tuition. If a school maintains the size of its entering class, the quality of its entering classes will necessarily decline. What should law schools be doing to address this continuing … Read More »