Yesterday, for post no. 1,000 we reviewed the academic literature on question-counting in oral arguments, and began comparing the past year, May 2016-May 2017, at the California and Illinois Supreme Courts. Every researcher to date – including us in our study of the Illinois Supreme Court 2008-2016 – found that getting more questions than your … Continue Reading
Today marks the milestone of my 1,000th blog post since Appellate Strategist began publishing on February 23, 2010. I thought we’d do a first today: comparing the two Supreme Courts we study in the same post. Specifically, since I’ve had the honor of appearing at both the California and Illinois Supreme Courts, I thought we’d … Continue Reading