The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process Publishes Summer 2025 Issue
The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy have released the Summer 2025 issue of The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process (Volume 25, Issue 2). The issue addresses change.
The issue starts with a tribute to the late Justice Souter by two of his colleagues on the First Circuit—Chief Judge David J. Barron and Senior Circuit Judge Jeffrey R. Howard. The tribute reflects on Justice Souter’s service on the First Circuit after he retired from the United States Supreme Court. The final piece is an essay by Lisa Sarnoff Gochman on her experience viewing Justice John Paul Stevens public papers after his passing.
“The final piece has an interesting backstory. Several years ago, I published a book review of Lisa Sarnoff Gochman’s book, At the Altar of the Appellate Gods. Ms. Gochman’s book recounts her experience arguing the Apprendi case before the U.S. Supreme Court. When Justice John Paul Stevens, the author of the Apprendi opinion passed away and his papers became public, I asked Ms. Gochman if she was going to view the papers on Apprendi and if she would be willing to write an essay on the experience. The answer was yes on both accounts, and this final essay shares her experience,” writes Journal Editor-in-Chief Tessa L. Dysart, assistant vice provost of Native American Initiatives at the University of Arizona and assistant director of legal writing at Arizona Law.
Other topics in the summer issue include the Supreme Court’s changing Second Amendment jurisprudence, how AI will impact the work of judging, writing advice, how courts should structure opinions when a majority of the court cannot agree on how to decide a case, and an essay on the change in citation format.
Contributors include Senior Judge Kermit V. Lipez, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; Justice John G. Browning, Spencer Fane LLP; Brian C. Potts, St. Thomas University; Jonathan L. Entin, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and Peter W. Martin, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School.
For questions about The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process email Editor-in-Chief Tessa L. Dysart at tdysart@arizona.edu.