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Writing tips inspired by the SCV

Writing Tips Inspired by the Supreme Court of Virginia Good Legal Writing Last week, the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed […]

David v. Goliath, Round 2 Stats and key insights Folks, we are miraculously midway through the year, and my takeaway

Don’t Zig When You Should Zag: Lessons from the SCV Amazon just lost an important appeal in Amazon Logistics v.

Don’t Forget the Basics: Lessons from the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Virginia issued a new published order today

Latest Updates from the Supreme Court of Virginia Calling all personal injury and criminal defense attorneys: The Supreme Court has

The SCV Explains Virginia’s Dead Man’s Statute (…or does it?) In this week’s published opinion from the Supreme Court,

“We Meant What We Said the First Time” Alternate title: When judges don’t do as they’re told It isn’t often

Less Is More: Winning With Fewer Assignments of Error If you remember one thing from this article, let it be

Death, Taxes … and Hearsay? On the docket: The Court of Appeals of Virginia issued new published opinions

October Round-Up While most of us are breathing sighs of relief that we aren’t practicing election law, take a moment

The Record is Everything. The record is one of the most important—and most overlooked—portions of appellate advocacy. As lawyers, we

Recent Opinions to Watch We are officially in fall and our favorite appellate courts have been busy. What follows are

Final Orders and Stays:Lawyers aren’t the only ones confused The Supreme Court of Virginia issued an unpublished order yesterday that

Collegiality in the Virginia Bar As a law clerk, one of the first things I learned was that your reputation