In March, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson presented his State of the Judiciary speech before the 83rd Texas Legislature in Austin. Earlier this month, Disputing published the entire text of his speech in a series of three posts. (Part I, Part II, and Part III.) Since that time, a number of bills influenced by the Chief Justice’s State of the Judiciary speech were signed into law.
Here is a summary:
Basic Civil Legal Services – The Chief Justice encouraged...