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Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup Friday August 26

By Daniel Real

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Each week, the Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup presents a few tidbits of news and Twitter posts from the past week concerning appellate advocacy. As always, if you see something during the week that you think we should be sure to include, feel free to send a quick note to either (1) Dan Real at DReal@Creighton.edu or on Twitter @Daniel_L_Real or (2) Catharine Du Bois at DuBoisLegalWriting@gmail.com or on Twitter @CLDLegalWriting.

Supreme Court News and Opinions:

  • The Court issued a mid-summer orders list this week.  There wasn’t much of particularly note in the list, but you can access the full list HERE.

Federal Appellate Court News and Opinions:

  • This week the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a ruling in a case in which a former employee of a convicted Ponzi schemer had been convicted of receiving inappropriate benefits from wages paid by an investor.  More HERE.
  • On Wednesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a Per Curiam En Banc opinion, issued a ruling that upheld a Jim Crow-era provision that bars Mississippians convicted of felonies — roughly 10% of the population — from taking part in elections.  More HERE.

Appellate Jobs:

  • The First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas, is accepting applications for the position of staff attorney to work in the chambers of one of the court’s justices.  More information HERE.
  • The Office of the Appellate Defender, a New York provider of legal representation to people who cannot afford to pay an attorney for the appeal of a felony conviction, is taking applications for the position of managing attorney.  More information HERE.