Sentences with phrase «brief oral argument»

Instead of relying solely on briefs or a brief oral argument to win a case, trial attorneys need to put in a lot more face time.

Not exact matches

The plaintiffs emphasized in their Monday brief «the importance that the cases move expeditiously to resolution,» adding that the parties will soon submit a «joint proposed schedule for prompt summary - judgment briefing and oral argument following consolidation.»

The teacher should then explain how a case makes its way to the USSC Court and what an attorney needs to do to prepare for his / her USSC presentation (write a brief and prepare an oral argument)

Virginia Rutledge, counsel for The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (which filed a friend of the court brief in the case), told A.i.A., «The outcome can't be predicted based on questions raised during oral argument, but the Court has before it very compelling arguments for Prince's transformative use of Cariou's imagery and the significance of the First Amendment speech interests at stake, and was openly dismissive of allegations of market harm.»

In contrast, a contested case hearing is the equivalent of a bench trial — briefing, witnesses, oral argument, etc..

«In a final written brief before the high court hears oral arguments, Delaware's lawyers argued that New Jersey claimed an exclusive right to land under the Delaware River only after BP «convinced them to reverse New Jersey's decades - long policy of cooperation» on boundary - straddling projects along the Delaware River.»

Peter Keisler is regarded as a «phenomenal» advocate, with sources highlighting his superior brief writing as well as his proficiency in oral argument.

We are experienced at briefing and oral argument before the Supreme Court on the merits of cases, and also at the certiorari stage.

Jonathan Hacker is highly active and very well reputed for both his brief writing and his oral arguments.

When students argue in a brief or oral argument that a particular precedent should be followed, they engage in reasoning by analogy.102

Dan Himmelfarb earns impressive praise for his «pitch perfect» oral argument skills and his «effective brief writing.»

Although some judges come to a decision after reviewing the brief, the oral argument provides an appellate attorney with an opportunity to make a final argument.

In other words, the appellate brief sets the table for the oral argument.

That first sentence, whether it is the introduction to a brief, or an oral argument, will set the tone.

Veteran brief - writer Brian Keller gives us the nuts and bolts, from writing to oral argument, expanding on last week's Q&A covering the specialized world of appellate practice.

The amount of time in a typical day spent on either one of those tasks ebbs and flows depending on whether the courts are in session, what issues the courts are granting for briefing, whether oral argument is being granted, and so on.

It's a shame, because I, for one, would have been interested to read his take on the appellate briefing and oral argument process in this one.

The vast majority of appeals are resolved without oral argument, which means that the brief is likely the only chance an attorney will have to present a client's case on appeal.

It never occured to me that not having oral argument or full briefing would be a problem.

During her third year of law school, Maria participated in the University of Georgia's Appellate Litigation Program, where she helped draft a brief for habeas corpus relief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and participated in oral argument for that matter.

Justice Sotomayor cited the Commission's brief favorably during oral arguments, arguing that it was «a fairly simple set of rules clearly defined and limiting the application of this statute in a way that sort of makes sense» (transcript p. 13).

The 6th DCA issued an order requesting more briefing and giving the parties the opportunity to request oral argument.

Ms. Wydler has developed an effective appellate practice for the firm through incisive brief writing and presenting oral arguments at the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and district courts of appeal in Florida.

Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., Ruminations from the Bench: Brief Writing and Oral Argument in the Fifth Circuit, 70 Tul.

Eventually, you may have the opportunity to present a second brief or participate in an oral argument in order to refute any statements from the appellate court judge.

For example, a freelance lawyer who drafted an appeal, who wrote a brief, might do an oral argument.

After all, if a Supreme Court advocate like Morrison, with twenty oral arguments under his belt and who played a substantial role in researching and drafting the District's 15,000 word brief due at the Court tomorrow is regarded as fungible, what hope is there for the rest of us?

Mr. Thomasson didn't file a brief in the case, so he won't be permitted to participate in oral argument.

The Fellows attend oral argument and the moot courts, draft the Supreme Court Report, and often prepare a multi-state amicus brief.

The Ohio Center for Law - Related Education hosts the moot court competition to test students» skills in legal brief - writing and oral arguments.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg explained that the «brief is ever so much more important» than the oral argument.

When an individual, group or body is given leave to intervene in a case, they usually submit a written argument (called a factum) and are also given permission to make a brief oral submission to members of the court.

As Katrina Lee has argued, having students summarize their research findings or distill the argument from a longer memo or brief into a short email can help the students sharpen their analytical abilities, which students can then apply back to the more complex writing project.51 More specifically, Lee suggests that the «freer, more liberated» process of writing emails «may offer benefits to students» learning process similar to that of free writing and oral presentation.»

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.

They then write a complete appellate brief and present a second oral argument, this time in front of a panel of practicing lawyers and judges.

The emphasis in all of our appellate work is on creative and persuasive argument of the dispositive legal issues whether in motions practice, briefing or oral argument.

This Article is based on a simple premise: You should prepare for a career in law in the same way you would prepare for oral argument in court by writing a meticulously - researched and comprehensive legal brief.

Leading the briefing and oral argument in a case watched nationwide, Laurie won a ruling foreclosing strict liability and negligence liability (in most circumstances) for a manufacturer that did not make or sell an injury - causing product foreseeably used with its own.

Confirming an important point conceded by Deputy SG during last Term's oral arguments, the Government's Gall brief states repeatedly that policy disagreements with the Guidelines can be a valid basis for a variance — even though many circuit have held otherwise (like the Tenth Circuit in a split ruling yesterday) and even though many lower court briefs filed by the Government have argued otherwise.

In addition to winning the tournament's best brief award, Chicago - Kent's team excelled at oral arguments, losing only to the team from the University of Oklahoma that eventually won the competition.

Ms. Walbolt, a former president of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, presented the oral argument in an appeal resulting in the reversal of a $ 1.1 billion judgment, and co-authored the brief in another appeal resulting in the reversal of a $ 1.58 billion judgment.

Carolyn Elefant stated, «[I'm excited about] new legal research products like CaseText's CARA that take a new approach to legal research — I can't wait to have it scrape the cases from a brief so I can have them all at my fingertips at oral argument.»

Students assist an appellate team on a pending state criminal appeal, including issue spotting, drafting an opening brief and preparing the case for oral argument.

Thus, at bottom, his position is that we should overrule an extremely important prior constitutional decision of this Court on a claim not advanced here, even though briefing and oral [p118] argument on this claim might convince us to do otherwise.

The Ilana Diamond Rovner Award for Outstanding Appellate Advocate is given to the student with the highest combined brief and oral argument scores; the Ralph L. Brill Award is presented to the student who wrote the best brief; and the Fay Clayton Award is presented to the student with the best oral argument performance.

Stacy Taeuber submitted an amicus brief to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in State v. Shata, and in April, she participated in oral argument before the court.

Students will be assessed on the basis of two writing assignments, a Markman / claim construction brief and a summary judgment motion, and on an oral argument on their brief.

Each student prepares a brief on a significant appellate issue, as well as an oral argument on both sides of that issue.

Counsel's brief should contain the ingredients of a good opinion and the oral argument should expound on the same theme.

Argued in written brief and oral argument multiple pre-motions arising in major crime cases including but not limited to Rule 404B motions, Motions in Limine, Motion to Dismiss Indictments, Wade Hearings, Miranda Hearings and Motions to Suppress Evidence.