SCOTX: Attorneys Must E-File Effective 9/12/11

Posted on August 15, 2011 by D. Todd Smith

Texas appellate e-filing continues to evolve at a rapid pace.  Effective September 12, 2011, attorneys filing documents in the Texas Supreme Court must do so electronically.  Pro se parties may e-file, or they may submit paper documents.

View the Court's latest e-filing order here.  Don Cruse has broken down the new order over at the Supreme Court of Texas Blog.

Aside from SCOTX, e-filing is available in the following state appellate courts:  Austin, Dallas, Eastland (new as of August 8), Houston (1st District), and Houston (14th District).  The Texarkana court may be next in line, as its website states that e-filing will be available there soon.

For background on this development, see the following posts:

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25th Annual Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course

Posted on August 6, 2011 by D. Todd Smith

The State Bar Appellate Section and Texas Bar CLE are co-sponsoring the 25th Annual Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course, which will take place September 8-9, 2011 in Austin.  Related events are the popular Civil Appellate Practice 101 course (formerly known as Appellate Boot Camp) on September 7 and the Section's annual meeting on September 8, to be followed by a cocktail reception.  A registration brochure is available here.

This has been one of my favorite CLEs since I started attending in the 1990s.  I'm even more biased this year because, in addition to serving on the planning committee, I will be speaking on a topic important to any appellate lawyer:  standards of review.

And to show that the folks putting on this program don't take themselves too seriously, the Section is sponsoring a Twitter brief contest, the details of which are available through this link.  Results will be announced at the seminar and via the Section's Twitter feed, @TexAppOrg.

8/17/11 Update:  @TexasBarCLE is promoting the course on Twitter and has created an event page on Facebook.  Follow the hashtags #TBCLEappellate and #140brief for up-to-date information about the seminar and the Twitter brief contest.

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