This is a very thoughtful and scholarly piece by our own Judge Dillard about judges and use of social media. He is a real exemplar of the best of social media.

Happy Mother's Day to my lovely wife , my incredibly supportive mother-in-law, and all of the other mothers out there. I hope you all have a wonderful day. And please remember that many of our friends find Mother's Day to be challenging. Let's love them a little harder today.

Tomorrow will be my first Mother’s Day without my sweet mama. I sure do miss her.

I hope all of you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend. And as always, please be good to each other.

It was truly a pleasure to have a “fireside chat” with the delightful Sarah Isgur this afternoon about her incredible—and New York Times bestselling—book, “Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court.” Come back to Georgia soon!

I am truly grateful that over 2,200 of you have downloaded my new article. Thank you so much for the incredible support. I really do appreciate it. journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/appellate/ar...

I missed @zebsicle.bsky.social’s birthday yesterday. Mea culpa! I hope you had a wonderful day, my friend.

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I hope all of you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend. And as always, please be good to each other.

Happy Law Day! Now, more than ever, it is crucial for Americans to fight for and defend the rule of law and an independent judiciary.

Road trip.

Fourth Sunday of Easter.

I am leaning into nostalgia again and rewatching L.A. Law, and I am pleasantly surprised by how well it has aged.

Saturdays with Sirius.

I hope all of you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend. And as always, please be good to each other.

It’s a beautiful day in the ATL.

I am truly grateful that over 2,200 of you have downloaded my new article. Thank you so much for the incredible support. I really do appreciate it. journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/appellate/ar...

My Appellate Practice & Procedure students (from Mercer Law School) absolutely crushed it today. I am so proud of them. Thank you Justice Carla McMillian and Presiding Judge Sara Doyle for serving on our finals panel.

Timeless words by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

ICYMI: My article in The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process—“Democratizing the Judiciary: Why Judges Should Engage ‘We the People’ Through Social-Media Platforms”—is now available online. journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/appellate/ar...

I hope all of you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend. And as always, please be good to each other.

Back in my favorite reading spot.

We’re honored to welcome Michael Boggs to the Council on Criminal Justice's Board of Trustees! A former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, Michael brings decades of judicial experience and a strong commitment to fairness and the rule of law. Please join us in welcoming him!

Chaired by Justice Charlie Bethel, the Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children met yesterday. Discussion included: Juvenile Court data reporting, kinship caregiver advocacy, and parenting skills training offered by the Positive Childhood Alliance of Georgia.

Happy 7th birthday to this rascal—Sirius Black!

Thank you to @DavidLat for the kind shoutout in this week’s installment of “Original Jurisdiction,” mentioning my latest article, “Democratizing the Judiciary: Why Judges Should Engage ‘We the People’ Through Social-Media Platforms.” journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/appellate/arti…

Appellate Practice and Procedure Class No. 12 (Mercer Law School, 2026), featuring former Justices Keith R. Blackwell, Harold Melton, and Justice David Nahmias (Supreme Court of Georgia).

This is still true.

I hope all of you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend. And as always, please be good to each other.

Back in my favorite reading spot.

The Nathan Deal Judicial Center. #AppellatePlaces

There is also the bizarre affliction that curses so many lawyers that you can spot any typo, anywhere, even skim-reading, in something written by someone else, but you'll miss some of your own because you're simultaneously thinking about what you're trying to say.

This editing tip I shared with a young lawyer at the other place received a positive response, so I thought I’d post it here too. I am sure @bcdreyer.social also has some excellent advice on catching typos.

I look forward to hearing presentations this afternoon on “Linguistic Analysis of Legal Texts” from several outstanding @GeorgiaStateLaw students in Professor @ClarkGSULaw’s Law & Linguistics class.

i have word read my document out loud to me and follow along with my eyes and catch a lot of things that way.

This is an excellent tip. Another trick is to read each sentence in reverse order.

Follow up tip: have Word read aloud your document and listen for any mistakes.

Transactional lawyer here. I just print the document out and read it on paper at least once during my drafting/proofing process. I catch so many more screwups (and opportunities for improvement) in drafting contracts that way.

My "proofreading for typos" tip is to scan it backwards, word by word. This was taught to me by a long-time newspaper editor (back in the days of paper).

This editing tip I shared with a young lawyer at the other place received a positive response, so I thought I’d post it here too. I am sure @bcdreyer.social also has some excellent advice on catching typos.

Thank you to @DavidLat for the kind shoutout in this week’s installment of “Original Jurisdiction,” mentioning my latest article, “Democratizing the Judiciary: Why Judges Should Engage ‘We the People’ Through Social-Media Platforms.” journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/appellate/arti…

Appellate Practice and Procedure Class No. 11 (Mercer Law School, 2026), featuring Justice Andrew Pinson (Supreme Court of Georgia).

Highly recommend this excellent article from Georgia Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Dillard—who has most effectively advanced Fifth Circuit Judge Willett's mantle established more than a decade ago of embracing social media to directly engage with the public whom the judiciary serves.⚖️

Easter Sunday.

Stations of the Cross.

A Good Friday meditation.

All motions for reconsideration timely filed in @AppealsCourtGA cases decided for the August 2025 Term have been processed and MFR Distress is over.

My article is closing in on 1,300 downloads. Thank you so much!

Appellate Practice and Procedure Class No. 10 (@MercerLAWSchool, 2026), featuring Justices Charlie Bethel and Michael Boggs (@SupremeCourtGA).

1,000 downloads in a week! Thank you!