Latest News
- AAAL submits a proposed amendment to the Honorable Michael Chagares, Chair of the Federal Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules, to address appeals that are decided on legal issues or theories not raised by the parties.
(posted April 2019) - Wither Oral Argument? The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers Says Let's Resurrect It!
(posted December 2018) - AAAL'S Oral Argument Initiative also featured in ABA Journal
(posted June 2018) - AAAL'S Oral Argument Initiative featured in Law.com article
(posted June 2018) - Supreme Court Agrees With & Cites Academy Brief in Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing
(posted November 2017) - The National Law Journal praises AAAL and its Hamer amicus brief
(posted October 2017) - Academy sends completed Oral Argument Initiative report to U.S. Judicial Conference
(posted August 2017) - Academy position on proposed amendment to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 29(b)
(posted June 2017) - AAAL Amicus Committee Files Brief in Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing, No. 16-658
(posted May 2017) - AAAL Comments on the Proposed 2nd Circuit Local Rule Concerning the Word Count for Briefs
(Posted November 2016) - U.S. Supreme Court Holds Due Process Violation In Judicial Recusal Case; AAAL Filed Amicus Brief In Support of Prevailing Party
- AAAL Recognized in New York Times Article about Reducing Length of Federal Appellate Briefs
(Posted October 2016) - AAAL Comments on the Proposed 9th Circuit Local Rule Concerning the Word Count for Briefs
(Posted July 2016) - AAAL Develops an Appellate Advocacy Training Practicum for Law Students, which it Expects to Expand to Include New Lawyers as Well
- Governor Dayton Appoints the Honorable Margaret Chutich to the MN Supreme Court and the Honorable Diane Bratvold to the MN Court of Appeals
(posted February 2016) - AAAL Files Amicus Brief in the Case Terrance Williams vs Pennsylvania
(posted December 2015) - Final Report from the Oral Argument Task Force and Addendum
(posted October 2015) - AAAL testifies to the Federal Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules about pending proposals for changes in the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
(posted April 2015) - Attys Resist Proposal To Shrink Appellate Brief Limits
(posted April 2015)