amicus brief commentary

Requiring Leave To File Amicus Briefs Is A Bad Idea

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The U.S. Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules is considering a proposal to amend Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 29(a) by requiring that a motion for leave be filed with all non-governmental amicus briefs in federal courts of appeals. In other words, if the proposed amendment were adopted, obtaining the parties’ consent to the […]

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Learning the High Art of Amicus Brief Writing

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There is an art to writing amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs. Capital Appellate Advocacy’s Larry Ebner, who serves DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar as Chair of its Amicus Committee, has written an article in the February 2017 edition of For The Defense, “Learning the High Art of Amicus Brief Writing.”  The article — which has been

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