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| Tips for Getting Your Claims Processed Expeditiously (from the 2024 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Recent Developments in Sentencing Law (from the 2024 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Making a Prima Facie Case on Appeal (from the 2023 Appellate Development Clinic Seminar) |
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| Pivoting Past the Pandemic: Work-Life Balance for Legal Professionals and Maintaining Competency |
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| Hot Issues in S.B. 1437 Litigation (from the 2022 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Social Science on Appeal: The Sequel (from the 2022 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Legal Developments in Challenging Gang Allegations (AB 333) (from the 2022 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Section 1170, Then and Now (from the 2022 SDAP Seminar) |
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| How to Get Your Fee Claim Processed Efficiently (and How to Get Paid for All the Time you Billed) (from the 2021 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Using Social Science in Your Appeal (or How to Bring the Court Back to Reality) (from the 2021 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Recent Developments Concerning Youthful Offenders in Adult and Juvenile Court (from the 2021 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Ethical Issues on Appeal (from the 2021 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Credits Revisited 2021: An Update (from the 2021 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Appendix - Information About The Elderly Parole Program |
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| Issue Spotting (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| How to Write a Great Opening Brief - Everything You Need to Know |
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| How to Write a Great Opening Brief - Additional Material |
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| How to Write a Great Opening Brief - Practical Advice |
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| How to Write a Great Opening Brief - Appendix |
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| Standards of Review and Prejudice (And How to Satisfy Them) (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Plea Bargaining and Sentencing Concerns |
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| Plea Bargaining and Sentencing Concerns - Adverse Consequences |
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| Writing a Reply Brief (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Oral Argument with appendix (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Oral Argument Appendix |
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| Waiver and Forfeiture (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Waiver and Forfeiture Elusive Exceptions (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Rehearing and Review Petitions (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Arguing Judicial Bias (from the 2020 SDAP seminar) |
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| Arguing Judicial Misconduct (from the 2020 SDAP seminar) |
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| Federalization in Criminal Appeals (from the 2020 SDAP seminar) |
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| Federalization in Non-Criminal Appeals (from the 2020 SDAP seminar) |
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| Clearing Procedural Hurdles: Getting Your Case Before the Court of Appeal (from the 2020 SDAP seminar) |
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| Apprendi has Trumped Guerrero (from the 2019 SDAP seminar) |
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| How to Settle the Record on Appeal (from the 2019 SDAP seminar) |
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| Petitions for Writ of Mandate (from the 2019 SDAP seminar) |
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| Ethics in the Modern Age (from the 2019 SDAP seminar) |
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| Independent State Grounds (from the 2018 SDAP seminar) |
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| The Revival of Miranda and the Fifth Amendment (from the 2018 SDAP seminar) |
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| Issues Relating to the Selection and Conduct of the Jury (from the 2018 SDAP seminar) |
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| First do no Harm: Adverse Consequences (from the 2017 SDAP seminar) |
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| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Cases (from the 2016 SDAP seminar) |
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| Appeals From Orders After Judgment (from the 2016 SDAP seminar) |
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| Representing Clients with Mental Health Issues (from the 2016 SDAP seminar) |
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| How to Use and Disabuse Precedent (from the 2016 SDAP seminar) |
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| All You Need to Know About Rehearing And Review Petitions: A Second Look (from the 2016 SDAP seminar) |
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| Identifying and Challenging Prosecutorial Misconduct I (from the 2015 SDAP seminar) |
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| Identifying and Challenging Prosecutorial Misconduct II (from the 2015 SDAP seminar) |
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| Three Strikes Reform Act Update (from the 2014 SDAP seminar) |
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| Speedy Trial and Statute of Limitations (from the 2014 SDAP seminar) |
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| Immigration Law for the Appellate Lawyer (from the 2014 SDAP seminar) |
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| Efficient and Accurate Preparation of Your Fee Claim (from the 2014 SDAP seminar) |
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| Ethical Duties in Communications (from the 2013 SDAP seminar) |
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| Material from the 2013 FDAP/SDAP Appellate Workshop | ||||
| Appellate College Material | ||||
| Additional articles from CCAP concerning criminal cases | ||||