A recent decision by the Seventh Circuit reminds us that brevity is also a more effective and appreciated means of appellate advocacy. In Pinno v. Wachtendorf, the Seventh Circuit criticized counsel for the verbosity in their appeal briefs.

Law student Victor Feraru interviewed Court of Appeals Judge Richard A. Posner for the Huffington Post, questioning him on a variety of topics related to legal writing, legal thinking, and law school. Read the interview here.

Wonder what you missed at the AJEI Summit this year? Take a look at this article written by Brian Karle, one of this year's scholarship winners to attend the summit, for a peek at what you missed.

Wonder what you missed at the AJEI Summit this year? Take a look at this article written by Valerie Boots, one of this year's scholarship winners to attend the summit, for a peek at what you missed.

Wonder what you missed at the AJEI Summit this year? Take a look at this article written by Michelle Langdon, one of this year's scholarship winners to attend the summit, for a peek at what you missed.

An Indiana Supreme Court advisory group is seeking feedback regarding Internet access to court records. The 21-member Advisory Task Force on Remote Access to and Privacy of Electronic Court Records is responsible for studying best practices and policies on Internet access to court records.

Could “the Supreme Court bar” be shaping the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket by asking fellow elite lawyers to file amicus briefs to support each other’s petitions?

Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit is in the press again, this time for his comments regarding the U.S. Supreme Court. During an appearance at a Chicago bookstore in connection with a new biography on the jurist, Judge Posner was quoted as calling the Supreme Court “awful” and suggested that none of the Justices were qualified to serve on the nation’s highest court except for Justice Ginsberg and Justice Breyer.

Noah Feldman writes in BloombergView about the looming reduction in word limits in the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure: It may not seem that significant to a civilian. But a rule-change that will lower the maximum length of appellate briefs from 14,000 words to 13,000 words, effective December 1, is getting plenty of pushback from the lawyers who specialize in federal appeals.

Bryan Garner recently published an interesting article on how using checklists can improve your brief writing.