AAAL on remote arguments

The NLJ has National Appellate Advocacy Group Issues Best Practices for Remote Oral Arguments While stressing that in-person argument is best, the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers recommended, to get as close as possible to that experience, that courts choose video arguments whenever possible, as many members expressed "a very strong preference for video arguments" over audio-only sessions.

• Video is better than audio. There should be public access. Attorneys should be allowed to have practice sessions, and judges should still wear their robes.
• Those are a handful of recommendations that a the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers recently released as part of a list of best practices aimed at helping attorneys, judges and court staff hold oral argument sessions remotely.

(AAAL's task force on remote argument recommendations include SoCal appellate lawyers Robin Meadow and Charlie Bird)