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Appellate Law Resources

Central California Appellate Program

http://www.capcentral.org/

Central California Appellate Program is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving the quality of indigent representation in criminal and dependency appeals. The CCAP site is free to all interested users, but you must register to use the resources.

Criminal Appeal

http://www.crimblawg.com/2005/10/index.html

This Criminal Appeal weblog concentrates on postconviction practice in the Ninth Circuit and the California state courts. This site is a good place to link to other appellate blogs that may be of interest.

How Appealing

http://legalaffairs.org/howappealing/

This website from Legal Affairs considers itself to be the world's first blog devoted to appellate litigation.

Judicial Profiles for the Court of Appeals3rd District

http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/3rdDistrict/justices.htm

From the California Courts website, users can read biographical profiles for both current and past Justices from the 3rd District. Most profiles include photos.

Mega Law California Appellate Law

http://www.megalaw.com/ca/top/caapp.php

This website is a great aggregator of California Appellate Law information and sources. Included are links to both primary and secondary sources.

Top Ten Worthless Pieces of Appellate Advice

http://appellate.typepad.com/appellate/2005/11/top_ten_worthle.html

Enjoy reading the "Top Ten Worthless Pieces of Appellate Advice" posted on the Appellate Law & Practice blog. This blog is devoted to appellate law and advocacy.

January / February 2006