CAAL Announces Fellowship Program

 

ANNOUNCING CAAL’S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR EARLY-CAREER APPELLATE LAWYERS

 

The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers is proud to announce its first-ever Fellowship Program. The first Fellowship year will run from May 2024 to May 2025.

Fellows will be invited to participate in the Academy’s educational and social programs, including one-day meetings in the fall in San Francisco and in the winter in Burbank/Pasadena, and a spring weekend conference in southern California. The Academy’s educational programming includes appellate-specific MCLE seminars, typically with appellate justices and judges, and sometimes relevant industry leaders, as participants. The Academy’s social programming includes an informal lunch before each meeting, and a dinner outing after each meeting attended by our judicial guests and other panel participants. Fellows will also be welcome to participate on most Academy committees and task forces. Through the Fellowship Program, the Academy hopes to enrich the professional experience of early-career appellate lawyers.

The Academy will consider the following qualifications in selecting participants in the Fellowship Program:
(1) Good character and professional reputation,
(2) Appellate ability, and
(3) A continuing commitment to quality appellate practice.
An applicant must have been a member of the California bar in good standing for at least 3 years, and must spend a substantial amount of time on appellate work in a typical year.

The Academy welcomes a diversity of participants in its programs, which could include, for example, geographic location, area of practice, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.
Up to four fellows may be selected for participation each year. The application window for the 2024-2025 program will be open from January 30 to March 15, 2024, with selected fellows being notified after the Academy’s May 2024 conference.
For more information, and instructions on how to apply, go to https://calappellate.org/fellowship. Please contact Judy Posner at judy@benedonserlin.com with any questions.