Miscellaneous

If you?re an appellate lawyer, or if you?re a litigator who does any appreciable amount of appellate work, then listen up. There are two great appellate CLE programs coming up in November.

On November 5?6, DRI will hold its eights appellate-advocacy seminar in La Jolla, California (near San Diego). Here?s a link to my prior blog post about this seminar. DRI?s appellate seminars usually include at least one segment on briefwriting. Thus, this edition will include a presentation on storytelling by Prof. Timothy Terrell. According to the brochure, ?Professor Terrell will discuss the rhetorical power embedded in good legal storytelling: choosing among alternative structures of legal arguments and factual presentations.? For more information about this seminar, read my prior blog post, download the brochure, or visit DRI?s web site.

Two weeks later (November 19?22), the Appellate Judges Educational Institute will hold a seminar in Orlando, Florida for judges, appellate lawyers, and appellate staff attorneys. The program will include a panel discussion on how judges think and make decisions, a presentation by Prof. George Gopen titled ?A New Understanding of the ?Plain? in Plain English,? and a presentation by Stephen V. Armstrong (co-author with Prof. Terrell of Thinking Like a Writer) on effective and efficient editing. To learn more about this seminar, visit the AJEI web site or download the brochure.