Attorneys preparing for Supreme Court arguments are given the opportunity to argue before a panel of appellate lawyers and law professors acting as mock justices through a free program offered by UC Law San Francisco.
“It’s really a service that was needed in California at the Supreme Court level because the attorneys who present oral argument at our highest court are not all appellate experts,” said program director and panelist Leah Spero in a phone interview on Wednesday. “We’re able to prepare attorneys who aren’t used to arguing before the highest court.”
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