How about some appellate stuff to take your mind off other pressing issues, this early November? The start of the month brings various appellate columns. PJ Gilbert's Under Submission column is 300 Years Ago, which (after an intro) reprints his first column (a classic) from June 9, 1988, about Supreme Court depublication, titled It Never Happened.
Exceptionally Appealing this month is You Are Not James Bond, covering a variety of annoying things lawyers do, such as citing to page 007 instead of just page 7, and ignoring or misapplying the rule requiring an asterisk before the name of lead appeal counsel per firm on the cover of a brief.
Moskovitz on Appeal is Word Counts, about how important and effective shorter briefs are. He suggests cutting irrelevant dates and lengthy discussions about nonbinding precedent.
The NLJ posted its 2020 Appellate Hot List.
On Nov. 18 (noon to one), ABTL-LA presents a webinar on Winning Remotely: Trial & Appellate Arguments, featuring 2/4's Justice Currey and GMSR's Robin Meadow. Details here.
Law360 ran Jim Lofton's 8 Tips for Effective Oral Advocacy in Virtual Court Hearings, which include: tightly construct your arguments; structure your opening and closing; practice and test; speak to the camera, not the screen; camera angle should be eye level or higher; don't read.
The Ninth Circuit has: Judge J. Clifford Wallace Celebrates 50 Years on the Bench
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