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Recent Articles from Eric Magnuson and Lisa Beane
Briefly: No takebacks! Once your brief is filed, it’s filed
Most of us have had the unpleasant experience of finding a typographical error.
Briefly: How not to yell at the court
Regardless of whether you’re writing for an audience that will read on a screen or on paper, some considerations of clean style and etiquette are universal.
Briefly: Get review with a little help from your friends
While amici may submit briefs that guide the court on the merits, their most significant impact may be in communicating the importance of the case and why review should be granted.
Briefly: Appealing the unappealable: Writ may be only hope
Most of us have had the unpleasant experience of finding a typographical error in a brief we have filed. When it happens within minutes of filing it electronically, it is ...
Briefly: Appendix-itis and other potentially fatal appellate diseases
Most of us have had the unpleasant experience of finding a typographical error in a brief we have filed. When it happens within minutes of filing it electronically, it is ...
Briefly: Oral argument – learn by listening
Like most skills, the quality of an oral argument presentation can be improved through study and practice.
Briefly: Eschew obfuscation – writing is for communication
Lawyers need to keep in mind that simple sometimes really is not only better, but a lot better.
Briefly: Who says so? The court—or does it?
Once in a while, a question arises that reveals two lines of Minnesota appellate cases on the same subject that reach inconsistent results.
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Expert Testimony
- Perspectives: Daily’s 125th at ‘U’ recalls varied cases
- Commentary: Will SCOTUS rule on general warrants and 4th Amendment?
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- Commentary: What can we learn from a secret act of judicial tyranny?
