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Texas Appellate Law Podcast

Texas Appellate Law Podcast

Written by: Todd Smith & Jody Sanders
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 Welcome to the Texas Appellate Law Podcast—your backstage pass to the Texas and federal appellate systems. Join your hosts, Texas appellate lawyers Todd Smith and Jody Sanders, as they explore the nuances of appellate advocacy with judges, court staff, leading trial and appellate practitioners, academics, and legal innovators. Whether you're immersed in an appeal or building your trial strategy, each episode delivers practical insights to help you enhance your advocacy skills, strengthen your arguments, and stay current with evolving legal trends. Connect with us at texapplawpod.com or on LinkedIn and X (@texapplawpod). Brought to you by Texas Appellate Counsel PLLC, a solo practice dedicated to appellate advocacy, trial support, and consulting for trial lawyers. For more information visit texappcounsel.com. Sponsored by Court Surety Bond Agency and Proceed (formerly Counsel Press.) Produced and powered by LawPods, podcast marketing that converts prospects and drives revenue. The views expressed by the participants on this podcast are their own and not those of their law firms, courts, or employers. Nothing you hear on this show establishes an attorney-client relationship or is legal advice.Copyright 2026 Todd Smith & Jody Sanders Economics Leadership Management Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • New Chief, New Court: Texas Appellate Practice After the 2026 Election

    New Chief, New Court: Texas Appellate Practice After the 2026 Election
    Nov 12 2026
    "It's turmoil, and it's also opportunity." That is how Jody Sanders sizes up the Texas judiciary after the 2026 general election, which brings four new justices, including a new chief justice, to the Supreme Court of Texas and replaces the entire bench of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals. In this episode, hosts Todd Smith and Jody Sanders walk through the incumbents leaving and the judges arriving at the Supreme Court, the Fifteenth Court, the First, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Courts, and the Court of Criminal Appeals. They consider what the turnover means for court staff, the newly reappointed Business Court judges, and the Fifteenth Court's planned expansion. Then they turn to Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis's stated priorities, including revisiting the court's law school accreditation decision, and to recent rules and statutes that could get a second look. Listen in for the hosts' open invitation to the newly elected judges, and why Todd thinks the public deserves to hear from them.Connect and Learn More☑️ Todd Smith | LinkedIn | X☑️ Jody Sanders | LinkedIn | X☑️ Texas Appellate Law Podcast on LinkedIn | X | Instagram☑️ Texas Appellate Counsel PLLC☑️ Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP | LinkedIn☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTubeProduced and Powered by LawPodsSponsored by Court Surety Bond Agency and Proceed.
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    56 mins
  • What Serving on the Trial Bench Taught an Appellate Judge | Justice Scott Field

    What Serving on the Trial Bench Taught an Appellate Judge | Justice Scott Field
    Oct 8 2026

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    ☑️ Todd Smith | LinkedIn | X

    ☑️ Jody Sanders | LinkedIn | X

    ☑️ Texas Appellate Law Podcast on LinkedIn | X | Instagram

    ☑️ Texas Appellate Counsel PLLC

    ☑️ Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP | LinkedIn

    ☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Confronting Moral Injury: Winning in Law Without Losing Yourself

    Confronting Moral Injury: Winning in Law Without Losing Yourself
    Sep 25 2026
    In a lot of respects, the legal system is a moral ordering system," says Jody Sanders—one built on competing interests and an outcomes-based way of measuring success that, he argues, rarely tells the whole story. In this episode, Jody and Todd Smith explore a concept most lawyers have felt but never had a word for: moral injury. Jody recently completed the ten-week Moral Injury Certificate Program at TCU's Brite Divinity School and walks Todd through his capstone slides. They connect it to earlier conversations on the show, including E154's look at the existential side of appellate work and E40's pandemic-era episode with TLAP's Chris Ritter, then dig into dehumanization in the legal system and the toll of wrongful convictions like Timothy Cole's. Hear why Jody says lawyers owe themselves more grace than they usually give.Connect and Learn More☑️ Todd Smith | LinkedIn | X☑️ Jody Sanders | LinkedIn | X☑️ Texas Appellate Law Podcast on LinkedIn | X | Instagram☑️ Texas Appellate Counsel PLLC☑️ Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP | LinkedIn☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTubeProduced and Powered by LawPodsSponsored by Court Surety Bond Agency and Proceed.
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    55 mins
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