For Bridging the Gap participants and anyone else who’s interested

This afternoon, I’m presenting the appellate-practice hour of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Bridging the Gap seminar for newly minted lawyers. For those participants and others who may be interested:

• my written materials
• a PDF copy of my PowerPoint presentationA PDF copy of my PowerPoint presentation
• A Writ in Time (my article on how to calculate the deadline to apply to a court of appeal for a supervisory writ).

Participants may also be interested in these two articles by Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit:

• In Praise of Moot Court — Not!, in which Judge Kozinski discusses the differences between law-school moot-court programs and real-world appellate practice.
• The Wrong Stuff, in which Judge Kozinski explains how to lose an appeal that, for whatever reason, you must lose.

Finally, here are some sample pleadings and briefs. Treat them only as samples, not as models. Use them with caution, as the rules may have changed since these were written.

• Sample notice of intent to seek supervisory writ
• Sample supervisory-writ application
• Sample motion and order for devolutive appeal
• Sample motion and order for suspensive appeal
  
• Sample brief filed in court of appeal
• Sample writ application filed in La. Supreme Court
• Sample merits brief filed in La. Supreme Court