Linda Greenhouse keynotes NJCHS

The Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society invites you to hear the incomparable Linda Greenhouse as she gives the keynote at our upcoming Gala on September 28, 2021 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. This will be a hybrid program, available virtually over Zoom. Please click on the link below for more information and to reserve your tickets.

Law360 has Senate to Probe Supreme Court 'Abuse' of 'Shadow Docket': The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine the U.S. Supreme Court's "abuse" of its so-called shadow docket, which refers to when the justices make decisions on emergency applications without full briefing or argument and is increasingly being relied on in high-profile public policy disputes.

What comes after appellate law? For one icon, it's serious photography. See Beat of the Street: Irving Greines

The LACBA Appellate Courts Section listserv announces that Court of Appeal Justice Segal of Division Seven of the Second Appellate District is accepting applications for a half-time judicial attorney. More information can be found here.

Today's DJ has monthly appellate columns Exceptionally Appealing and Moskovitz on the Appeal. The former is titled Titanic, Hindenburg, DIY Appeals (about pro per appellants) and the latter is More On Trial Court Briefs (which discusses the length of appellate opinions; Myron concludes that "on the whole," they are not "too long").