Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic

The Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic offers students interested in appellate advocacy the rare opportunity to represent a client in a civil or immigration appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  In the fall semester, the students review the record and draft and file the opening brief.  After receiving the answering brief, the students spend the spring semester drafting the reply brief and preparing for oral argument, which usually takes place in April at the Ninth Circuit’s Pasadena Courthouse.