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 • 189 episodes
The California Appellate Law Podcast
Latest Episodes
Why AI Cites Really Bother the Courts
Want to know why bad AI cites really bother the courts? Jeff and Tim discuss two recent fake-AI-cites cases imposing sanctions and State Bar referrals, and draw this conclusion: It’s not that AI is bad at law—in one of these cases, the court no...
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Pronouns at the Supreme Court & AI Arbitrators
The California Supreme Court’s long-awaited "Taking Offense" decision on gender pronouns in elder care facilities introduces a new “captive audience” exception to the First Amendment. Tim worries this new judicial carve out may creep to other f...
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What’s on Judges’ Minds, with Jimmy Azadian: From Threats to Judges to the ‘Turn It Down’ Law
Jimmy Azadian is often in the room when federal judges get together to share their personal concerns about the job. When judges are asked to come speak to a group, Jimmy reports that top of mind are the recent threats to judges and the courts—w...
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Episode 187
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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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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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