Sentences with phrase «conducted oral arguments»

Conducted oral arguments to the state court of appeals.

Not exact matches

Leading up to oral arguments for Friedrichs v. California E4E conducted a survey of over 1,000 members — current classroom teachers from across the country — and found that a majority of teachers support paying fair - share fees and were opposed to the plaintiffs» position in this case.

As Wexler notes in this post Monday on PrawfsBlawg, he conducted his research in his typical «half - assed fashion» (which included the ukulele distraction) by reviewing the Supreme Court's oral argument transcripts and «count [ing] the number of times each justice said something funny enough to make the court reporter enter the phrase» [laughter]» in the transcript.»

More importantly, Reeve made an important step in skills training: he introduced formal moot courts as a part of the Litchfield curriculum, though on an optional basis.53 Initially, the students themselves conducted the moots, though by 1803, when James Gould was teaching at Litchfield, he presided over the arguments.54 The rules Gould imposed for the moots required not only oral argument, but also written argument, because the litigants had to produce writs and pleadings as well.55 Although a far cry from modern legal writing programs, these moot courts at least endeavored to provide some practical training in the production of persuasive writing.56

Family Law Arbitration is a process where a third - party neutral expert receives the facts, the evidence, and the legal argument in advance, as much or as little as you agree to submit; has a unique understanding of the law; and then conducts an oral hearing to let the parties and / or their counsel make oral submissions, and cross-examine witnesses, if they wish.

The oral arguments we advance have often been tested in formal or informal moot court sessions we conduct in house.

I think very practically we see a lot of law firm lawyers encourage their junior associates to volunteer with us because we will give them an opportunity to get hands - on experience, working directly with clients, conducting interviews, gathering facts and then presenting them both in briefing and in oral argument to a court, much faster than a typical defense side large law firm context might provide.

our students participating in externships spent more than 2,800 hours in courtrooms, making oral arguments and conducting trials

26 (1) The arbitral tribunal may conduct the arbitration on the basis of documents or may hold hearings for the presentation of evidence and for oral argument; however, the tribunal shall hold a hearing if a party requests it.

Work will include reviewing the trial court record to identify appealable issues, conducting sophisticated legal research, drafting research memos, drafting appellate briefs, participating in tactical decision making, preparing the excerpts of record for the court of appeals, and preparing for oral argument if argument is scheduled.