Opinion: Paul Clement's effective presentation in Trump v. Cook highlighted several tips that appellate advocates can ...

Within the past few weeks, I presented an oral argument to a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Within the past few weeks, I presented an oral argument to a three–judge panel ...

Oral argument occupies a privileged place in appellate mythology. It is often described as the moment when judges engage counsel, probe weaknesses, and decide close cases. In modern appellate practice ...

In appellate litigation, the written brief does most of the heavy lifting. It aims to convince the court that an error has occurred. But it is a cold document and ...

When Daniel Webster stood before the Supreme Court in 1824 to argue Gibbons v. Ogden, over the court’s power to regulate interstate commerce, he spoke for hours across multiple days. In the landmark ...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that examines the standards police must meet before entering a home without a warrant. In Wednesday’s oral arguments, petitioner’s counsel ...

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision making ...