APPELLATE PRACTICE SECTION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES - September 3, 2003, 12:00 -1:00 p.m.
I. In attendance: Judge Norman Jackson (Court of Appeals),
D. Scott Crook (Chair), Marian Decker (Past Chair), Scott M. Ellsworth
(Chair Elect), Ken Bronston (Sec'y/Treas.), Kent Hart (Council member).
II. Welcome to Ken Bronston, newly elected Secretary/Treasurer/Webmaster.
III. Section Funds: Funds of the Section stand at $12,384.13,
which the Section would like to use to good purpose.
IV. Website: Discussion about changing the appearance
and especially the content of the website. Suggestions made to upgrade
the content were: (1) a more robust FAQ link which might function as a
type of "chat room" in which questions, issues concerning basic
appellate practice could be fielded by experienced practitioners; (2)
posting as separate documents (a) Judge Jackson's "Reality Checks,"
introductory material to his "Utah Standards of Appellate Review,"
which identifies basic caveats in undertaking an appeal, (b) Utah R. App.
P. 4, which addresses in what time frame an appeal must be taken; and
(3) current Utah case citation style.
V. CLE: The section will begin to develop a basic appellate
practitioner's curriculum guide, from which any member of the Executive
Committee could deliver a CLE presentation. As well as serving as a basic
instructional outline in civil, criminal, and administrative appellate
practice, the guide would aid practitioner's in avoiding common practice
pitfalls. Kent Hart volunteered to organize this effort with the expectation
that something substantive could be produced in six months.
The Section supported the goal of sponsoring an appellate practice CLE
quarterly. Coincident with that effort, Laura Dupaix, Utah Attorney General's
Office, will be conducting a basic workshop in October for the Bar in
southern Utah. Fred Voros, Utah Attorney General's Office will also be
approached to conduct an additional workshop(s). Ken Bronston will contact
Gary Kinder and Elizabeth Francis, two notable writing and appellate presenters,
to determine feasibility of their conducting one-half day or all-day workshops.
VI. Appellate Court Audio Streaming: This project, which
would bring real-time audio listening to appellate arguments has hit a
snag, to wit: $900/month maintenance costs, apparently for lack of sufficient
band width in available equipment. Marian Decker will explore the problem
further. The Section will begin seeking support, possibly through subscriptions,
from interested entities, firms, and other members of the Bar.
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