The Appellate Practitioner

Recent Posts from The Appellate Practitioner

• Please visit The UCL Practitioner

  Over the past couple of months, I haven't had time to keep The Appellate Practitioner updated in the way I'd like to. Therefore, I am putting the blog on hiatus for the time being. Please…

• "A High Court Training Regimen"

  Friday's Recorder had an article on a new moot program being organized at U.C. Berkeley for attorneys with California Supreme Court cases. It sounds very similar to what Professor Myron Moskovitz has been doing at…

• "The Early Brief Gets the Worm"

  Slate has an interesting jurisprudence essay on the impact of amicus filings at the U.S. Supreme Court level. Adam Chandler, "The Early Brief Gets the Worm: Liberal groups are ceding a key way to influence…

• "Five Oral Argument Tips — For Judges"

  Howard Bashman has reprinted an interesting article from the October 2008 issue of The Federal Lawyer called "Five Oral Argument Tips — For Judges." The article provides the perspective of United States District Judge Michael…

• New opinion on undertakings pending appeal: Leung v. Verdugo Hills Hosp.

  In Leung v. Verdugo Hills Hosp., ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (Nov. 14, 2008), the Court of Appeal (Second Appellate District, Division Four) discussed how to calculate the amount of the undertaking required to stay enforcement of…

• 2008 Court Statistics Report

  The California Judicial Council's 2008 Court Statistics Report is available at this link. [Via Legal Pad.]

• New decision on preservation of instructional error for appeal: Bourgi v. West Covina Motors, Inc.

  In Bourgi v. West Covina Motors, Inc., ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (Sept. 24, 2008), the Court of Appeal (Second Appellate District, Division Eight) addressed preservation of a challenge to instructional error on appeal: Initially, we address…

• MCLE program: "Handling Civil Appeals and Writs in California State Courts"

  CEB will present a day-long seminar, "Handling Civil Appeals and Writs in California State Courts," on Friday, October 3, 2008 in Los Angeles and on Friday, October 17, 2008 in San Francisco. Click on the…

• "Winning Business Litigation Appeals in the California Courts"

  On October 1, 2008, the Appellate Practice Section of the Orange County Bar Association will present "Winning Business Litigation Appeals in the California Courts," featuring Presiding Justice Norman L. Epstein of the Second District Court…

• "Why Are Some Lawyers and Their Clients Reluctant to Engage Appellate Counsel"

  Greg May at the California Blog of Appeal asks the question and provides a preliminary answer.