The Tennessee Court of Appeals is unfamiliar territory for most lawyers. Opportunities to practice in this court are few, and success requires skills of oral and written advocacy. A persuasive performance in both areas is important to success; a poor performance in either can lead to defeat. Accordingly, lawyers need the information and insight required to develop and perfect their oral arguments and legal writing. Indeed, this is true at all levels of legal practice, and the lessons learned during this seminar will be generally applicable to practice in trial courts.

At the Tennessee Court of Appeals Academy lawyers will learn from a distinguished faculty and through observation of oral arguments. This seminar will cover the best practices for oral argument, brief writing and Rule 11 application. Also included will be a judge’s panel featuring the Western Section Court of Appeals judges.

On April 1, attendees will register at the University of Memphis School of Law for observation of oral arguments before the Court of Appeals in the Historic Courtroom. We will offer a lunch session at Baker Donelson, where we will debrief and discuss best practices in oral arguments. We will then return to the University of Memphis School of Law in Room 127 for our afternoon session.

Lunch will be included and located at: 

Baker Donelson
First Tennessee Building
165 Madison Avenue
Suite 2000
Memphis, TN 38103

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Parking: You may park at Metro 67 Parking Garage which is located directly across from the Law School and Brinkley Plaza Garage, 20 S. Parking validation will not be included.