Judicial clerkships have traditionally served an important role in helping attorneys transition into practice and learn from experienced judges and practitioners. But the power imbalance between judge and clerk and the cloak of confidentiality surrounding judicial proceedings sometimes puts clerks
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Oops: forgot the cites…
The California Rules of Court require citation with volume and page references to the record. Simply using “CT __” (without any volume or page references) won’t cut it. And yes, that’s what happened in this published opinion today. See also…
RIP Ken Starr (1946-2022)
Law.com has: Former US Solicitor General, ‘Legal Giant’ Ken Starr Dies at 76Former Solicitor General and federal Judge Ken Starr, who made headlines during the impeachment trials of two former presidents, has died at the age of 76.SoCal…
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in 12 cases Sept.14 and 15
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in 12 cases Sept. 14 and 15. Five other appeals will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Go to On Brief’s Cases in the Pipeline page to read the briefs filed…
Mendoza confirmed to 9th Circuit!
Law.com reports: Senate Confirms Salvador Mendoza to 9th Circuit — Mendoza is the first Hispanic judge from Washington to sit on the country’s largest federal appeals court.
- Mendoza, a trial judge in the Eastern District of Washington since 2014, was confirmed
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Funeral service set for Rosemary Shaw Sackett, former Chief Judge of the Iowa Court of Appeals
Rosemary Shaw Sackett, former Chief Judge of the Iowa Court of Appeals, died Sept. 2 in Okoboji. A graveside service is scheduled for Sept. 24 in Spirit Lake.
Sackett was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals by Gov. Terry…
Appellate round-up
The Recorder has: Judge [Bea] Chides Colleagues for Using ‘Noncitizen’ Instead of ‘Alien’ in Immigration Ruling — The majority [Murguia & Berzon] said readers might find the word “alien” to be offensive and opted for the term “noncitizen” instead.Bloomberg Law has …
Sixth Circuit Denies Government Emergency Relief in Air Force Vaccine Mandate Case
This past Friday afternoon, the Sixth Circuit dealt a blow to the Department of the Air Force’s efforts to overturn a District Court’s class-wide, preliminary injunction against the Department. Specifically, the Sixth Circuit denied the Department’s emergency motion to stay…
Briefing is Over – Now What? (Part 2 – Average Days from Completion of All Briefing to Oral Argument, 1990-2022)
This time, we’re measuring the length of Supreme Court review in civil cases by an alternative measure – the average number of days from the close of briefing to oral argument. One caveat – this data set runs from the…
How Long Will Supreme Court Review Take? (Part 1 – Average Days From Grant of Review to Oral Argument, 1990-2022)
Today, we’re looking at a new topic, tracking the average time Supreme Court review takes for civil cases. In this and the following post, we measure the lag time in two ways: below, from the grant of review to oral…