MCLE program: "Handling Civil Appeals and Writs in California State Courts"

CEB will present a day-long seminar, "Handling Civil Appeals and Writs in California State Courts," on Friday, October 3, 2008 in Los Angeles and on Friday, October 17, 2008 in San Francisco. Click on the link for more info.

Here are the program higlights:

• How to assure a trial record that sets up an appeal

• The decision whether to appeal—gauging the costs v. benefits

• Civil writ practice

• Protecting your client's rights during the appeal

• Appellate courts processes & what they expect from you

• Perfecting the appeal and preparing the record

• Writing the most persuasive brief

• Effective oral argument

• Petition for hearing in the Supreme Court

• Recent developments in appellate practice

Thanks to Don Willenberg, chair of the Appellate Practice Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco, for emailing section members about this upcoming program.