- Public Counsel's Appellate Self-Help Clinic is now open three days a week to provide general legal information and procedural assistance to people who are representing themselves in appeals pending in the Second District Court of Appeal and the Appellate Division of any Superior Court within the Second District.
- Effective [April 12], the Appellate Self-Help Clinic will be open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Clinic consultations are by appointment only and are available in person, via video conference, or by telephone.
- Appointments for the Appellate Self-Help Clinic can be requested by calling (213) 830-7234 every Wednesday starting at 8:00 a.m. The line will remain open until all available appointments are filled.
Law360 reports Veteran Texas Atty Warned For Insulting 5th Circ. Panel, about a rehearing petition that accused "the panel of pawning off his appeal on staff attorneys because they considered it unimportant" and making other allegations against the court:
The Fifth Circuit has ripped an El Paso, Texas, labor attorney for suggesting that a three-judge panel checked out and let staff attorneys write an opinion that didn't go his way, with the panel threatening sanctions should the lawyer "continue to lodge scurrilous allegations."
Today's DJ has Changing judicial disability system would serve justice, attorney says
- “There now is a question whether judges disabled by illness, impairment, or age have an adequate economic incentive to seek disability retirement instead of hanging on and subordinating the interests of justice to personal economic interests,” wrote Berkeley attorney Michael Traynor in an April 12 letter to the committee.
- That question was raised by revelations that 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice William J. Murray Jr. stayed on the job for over four years after suffering two strokes in 2017. Murray’s productivity dropped sharply during a period in which his court was among the slowest in the state to deliver rulings. According to a January email from Murray to court staff, he stayed on the job until his 65th birthday in order to be eligible for full retirement benefits.
And in the 'how do you say that' department (re amicus and certiorari), see The Marble Palace Blog: Ketanji Brown Jackson and Stephen Breyer Are Friends, But They Pronounce 'Amicus' Differently
The cover article for the March issue of Los Angeles Lawyer is The Life of An Appellate Case, by Steven Disharoon.
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