Offered every other year, this program is designed for anyone involved in appellate cases at the state or federal level. Coverage includes:
- The Primary Differences - a Comparison between Federal and State Appellate Court
- Making and Preserving the Record in the Trial Court
- Staying Judgments and Orders
- Writs, Motions and Other Procedural Headaches
- More Effective Brief-Writing, from the Justices' perspective
- Outstanding Oral Argument [including a Mock Argument]
- What to do After the Appeal is Over and Other Loose Ends
- Justice Richard Fybel, California Court of Appeal
- Rachel L. Lerman, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
- Nancy L. Kendrick, Managing Attorney, California Court of Appeal
- Todd E. Lundell, Certified Specialist in Appellate Law*, Snell & Wilmer LLP
- Paula M. Mitchell, Career Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Nate Scott, Senior Attorney, California Court of Appeal
- Mary-Christine Sungaila, Snell & Wilmer LLP
- Becky S. Walker James, Law Offices of Becky Walker James.
- "I liked the range of backgrounds - clerks, practitioners and justices." - M. Poelstra, Esq.
- "Very good; nice to hear about the inner workings of the Court of Appeal." - J. Fagan, Duane Morris, LLP
- "Very on-point and strategic. Excellent information. Succinct!" - A. Deckert, Esq.
- "Excellent help to an appellate practitioner." - G. Bostwick, Esq
*Certified by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization