The California Appellate Law Podcast
An appellate law podcast for trial lawyers. Appellate specialists Jeff Lewis and Tim Kowal discuss timely trial tips and the latest cases and news coming from the California Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court.
Podcasting since 2020 • 186 episodes
The California Appellate Law Podcast
Latest Episodes
Skating to Where the AI Puck is Going: ClioCon 2025 Insights
AI Reshapes Legal Practice: ClioCon 2025 Delivers a Wake-Up CallJeff Lewis reports from the 2025 Clio Cloud Conference in Boston. Day 1 was encouraging, but Jeff reports feeling Day 2 as a “gut punch”: within about 5-10 years, man...
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Episode 186
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34:58
Don’t Boies Schiller your brief—”Read all your cases!” says AI Legal Writing Prof. Jayne Woods
Few lawyers and LRW instructors write and think more about AI than Professor Jane Woods of Mizzou Law, who offers this most important AI advice: If you haven’t read the case, don’t cite the case.The Boies Schiller Cautionary Tale...
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Episode 185
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Legal-tech guru Ernie Svenson on how attorneys should use AI
Just a couple years ago when we talked with Ernie Svenson, the attorney who talks tech fluently, AI was not even a thing. Now in late 2025, it’s the only thing. Ernie joins Tim and Jeff to discuss the rapidly evolving landscape of AI in legal p...
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Episode 184
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34:54
Teaching Justices to Write: Cherise Bacalski
Teaching Judges: Appellate Expert Cherise Bacalski on Brief Writing and the Human Side of LawAppellate specialist Cherise Bacalski teaches appellate writing at NYU Law's New Appellate Judges Program, and in this interview we discu...
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Episode 183
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9th Circuit overrules the appeal-extension rule: 30 Days Means 30 Days
Appealing in the 9th Circuit? Your deadline is 30 days. Don’t let Rule 58’s “separate document” extension lead you astray. Appellate specialists Tim Kowal and Jeff Lewis also discuss ChatGPT 5 (a “market disruptor”), and sanctions strategies in...
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Episode 182
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