University of Illinois College of Law
CLE: Appellate Advocacy
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
12-1 P.M. (CST)
This course is approved for 1.00 Illinois MCLE general credit hours.
This session will focus on taking appeals from trial court decisions and defending against appeals of trial court decisions in your client's favor. The course will begin with a focus on the Record on Appeal, and how that Record is used to support an appeal and discern appealable issues. Included in the discussion of the Record is the use of the Record in preparing an Appendix. Attendees will look at Appellant and Appellee briefs and the rules governing each. Attendees will also learn about Oral Argument rules and procedures. The main focus will be on appeals in the Illinois appellate courts, but leave to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court will also be covered. The instructor will refer to Illinois Supreme Court rules governing appeals. More generally, the class will discuss how appellate work differs from trial work, and in what situations appeal rights should be considered and discussed with clients.
Presented by:
Ellyn Bullock is owner of a law firm in Champaign, Illinois – Bullock Law, LLC. Ellyn focuses on adoption and civil litigation. Her work includes assisted reproduction and surrogacy in addition to domestic and international adoptions and guardianships of Minor Children. She works with immigrants on issues of custody and adoption and guardianship that can lead to permanent residence through special immigrant juvenile status or SIJS. Most of Ellyn’s civil litigation is representing sexually abused children against school districts and teachers. She has created common law on behalf of victims of teacher-on-student child sexual abuse in Jane Doe-3 v. McLean School District, et al., 973 N.E.2d 880 (Ill. S.Ct. 2012) and John Doe v. Brady Smith, et al., 470 F.3d 331 (7th Cir. 2006). Ellyn litigates in federal and state court and at Trial and Appellate Court levels.
Ellyn has previously clerked for United States District Judge Harold Baker and has taught legal research and writing at the University of Illinois College of Law. She is married and lives in Champaign. She and her husband have raised three children and currently have guardianship of a teenager. They enjoy nurturing children and growing trees and gardens.
Free, but registration required.
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Topic: Appellate Advocacy in the Courtroom
Time: Dec 1, 2021 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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