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Drafting Notes for Petitions and Petition Stage Reply Briefs

While the rules for the Supreme Court provide the guidance necessary for producing a compliant brief, there are some unwritten requirements that every filer should be aware of when preparing their Petition and Petition Stage Reply brief. Failure to comply with these unwritten rules may result in having your filing rejected by the Court. Petitions [...]

How to Write An Effective Appellate Brief: Lessons from Judge Richard Posner

Shon R. Hopwood2013-04-11T18:49:56-05:00April 11th, 2013|Tags: Appellate Practice, brief writing, Judge Richard Posner, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals|

Judge Richard Posner, of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, recently laid out his view of appellate briefs (you can read the article on the ABA website here). Judge Posner writes: So, my essential advice to the appellate brief writer is to put yourself in the judge’s shoes all the way, as it were. That [...]