Law Practice
Jun. 15, 2026
Working, Part 1: Then and now
A look back at the painstaking days when appellate briefs were built with legal pads, law libraries, Xerox machines and endless rounds of retyping.
Myron Moskovitz
Legal Director
Moskovitz Appellate Team
90 Crocker Ave
Piedmont , CA 94611-3823
Phone: (510) 384-0354
Email: myronmoskovitz@gmail.com
UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
I've written quite a bit about how to write a brief. See, e.g., Winning an Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press), and Strategies on Appeal (CEB, 2021)--as well as many columns for this esteemed publication.
But those were about the destination, not the journey. I did not spell out what my mind, my body and my time actually do to produce a brief. To learn carpentry, is it enough to examine the completed table or chair? No. ...
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