Entre Nous: Mentoring for the New Age

For over 35 years, beginning in 1961, ABC Sports broadcast a compendium of live and taped sporting events from all over the world called Wide World of Sports. It was an essential broadcast for all sporting enthusiasts featuring everything from popular track and field events, skiing championships, to lesser-known events like drag-racing and rodeo, and even offbeat inclusions like rattlesnake hunts.

AI as a Tertiary Source

In this article, I propose a useful way for the legal profession to think about AI. I describe how the technology works and how lawyers currently tend to classify material, before arguing that AI should be treated as a “tertiary” source of information. 

Third Court of Appeals Criminal Update September 2025

The following is a summary of selected criminal opinions issued by the Third Court of Appeals from February 2025. The summary is an overview; please review the entire opinions. The subsequent history is current as of August 5, 2025.

Third Court of Appeals Civil Update September 2025

The following are summaries of selected civil opinions issued by the Third Court of Appeals during June and July 2025. The summaries are an overview; please review the entire opinion. Subsequent histories are current as of August 12, 2025. 

Federal Civil Update September 2025

The following are summaries of selected civil opinions issued by the Fifth Circuit in May 2025. The summaries are overviews of particular aspects of the opinions; please review the entire opinions.

It’s Time to End Generational Trauma in the Legal Profession

This is my first official article as president of the Austin Young Lawyers Association (AYLA). I have been a member of AYLA since before law school graduation, and I have had the opportunity to meet and work with many young attorneys over the years.