Latest News
- 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)