A few years back, a distinguished Florida judge complained to me that law-review scholarship was largely irrelevant to what he did as a judge. His view is shared by other notable jurists, who lament the decline of scholarship that is useful, or even understandable, to the practicing profession.
In this symposium, we hope to “swim against the current” by publishing a series of articles that the judiciary and the bar will find useful. When we solicited writers, we invited them to address legal issues relevant to the appellate bar but also welcomed them to share their personal insights into appellate practice. What follows is a combination of both.