It is basic, but critical, to persuade the court that the result you seek is the right result. The court has to feel good about ruling in favor of your client. As Judge Gurfein of the Second Circuit ...

Appellate writing is a distilled product. Because everything in the brief (the preliminary statement, what is included in the record and how the record is organized, the framing of the issue, the ...

It’s no secret that judges in North Carolina’s state and federal appellate courts don’t reach for printed briefs much anymore (the Chief Judge of the Fourth Circuit, Albert Diaz, has said that he and ...

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CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. September 17, 2021 - Baz Luhrmann's 1992 romantic comedy "Strictly Ballroom" features the tagline, "A life lived in fear . . ...

The Harlan Institute is pleased to announce the Thirteenth Annual Virtual Supreme Court Competition. This competition offers teams of two high school students the opportunity to research cutting-edge ...

My own conviction about artificial intelligence is that whatever harm bad actors might do with it, in good hands, it’s a tool that can benefit people. For the lawyer, it’s like having a superb ...