Essays
FAQ — What Trial Lawyers Want to Know
- 2/6/2007
Year-End Report on Judicial Pay
- 1/2/2007
The Top 10 Appellate Stories of 2006
- 1/1/2007
Christmas Goodies from 3 Appellate Courts
- Posted 12/13/2006
Holiday Week in Appellate Courts
- Posted 11/26/2006
A Lesson from the Life of Frank Dunham
- Posted 11/18/2006
Notes on Recent Developments
- Posted 9/29/2006
What Not to Say
- Posted 8/29/2006
Hemingway on Appellate Writing
- Posted 8/5/2006
Dearth of Available Training Persists
- Posted 7/20/2006
Scary Development on Court Reporters
- Posted 7/5/2006
The Trial Lawyer’s Tightrope Walk
- Posted 7/2/2006
Sadly, HOWT Closes Up Shop
- Posted 6/20/2006
New Rulings on Sodomy Ban, Mail Presumption
- Posted 6/13/2006
June Marks End of Courts’ Terms
- Posted 6/5/2006
Spontaneity in Oral Argument
- Posted 6/4/2006
An Interesting Day at the (Appellate) Office
- Posted 5/16/2006
The Week’s Appellate Developments
- Posted 5/5/2006
New USSCt Rule on Citing Unpublished Opinions
- Posted 4/13/2006
Chastising Unnecessary Length
- Posted 4/11/2006
Proposed SCV Rules Revisions
- Posted 3/29/2006
Several Recent Interesting Developments
- Posted 3/13/2006
No Cert from SCOTUS in Habeas Case
- Posted 2/27/2006
Cicero on Oral Argument
- Posted 2/19/2006
Lots of Goodies in This CAV Opinion
- Posted 2/15/2006
Late December Rulings from 4th, CAV
- Posted 1/2/2006
The Top 10 Appellate Stories of 2005
- 12/18/2005
Sun Tzu: The Art of Appellate War
- 11/20/2005
New Writs, Decisions (Plus One Great Extra)
- Posted 11/1/2005
Update on Recent Appellate Developments
- Posted 10/28/2005
Analysis of Recent Appellate Developments
- Posted 10/21/2005
This Week’s Appellate Developments
- Posted 9/9/2005
Sept. 1 Marks Beginning of Courts’ Terms
- Posted 9/1/2005
Developments for the Week of July 25-29
- Posted 7/30/2005
Appellate Developments for the Week
- Posted 7/20/2005
SCV Appoints New Executive Secretary
- Posted 7/13/2005
Judge Humphreys to Head DNA Panel
- Posted 6/3/2005
The Week’s Appellate Developments
- Posted 6/2/2005
A Quick Read on Appellate Statistics
- Posted 4/30/2005
Analysis of March 28-April 1 rulings
- Posted 4/4/2005
Federal Jurisdiction; The Tweezer Method
- Posted 3/21/2005
Practice Tips — Straight from the Clerk Suggestions from the Supreme Court Clerk
- Posted 3/7/2005
Training the Appellate Advocate
- Posted 2/27/2005
Citing Unpublished Opinions
- Posted 2/21/2005
No Cameras in the Court, For Now
- Posted 2/20/2005
How Not to Preserve Error
- Posted 2/15/2005
How to Avoid Roadblocks in the 4th Circuit
- Posted 2/13/2005
The Importance of Humphreys v. Ozmint
- Posted 2/8/2005
Explaining an Appellate Practice
- Posted 1/23/2005
The Top Ten Ways to Lose Your Appeal
- Posted 1/23/2005
