General Appellate Practice
Resources
This page provides general appellate practice resources of interest to all appellate counsel. Older resources may be available through the assigned staff attorney.
ADI Manual
Designed to assist appointed attorneys representing criminal, juvenile delinquency and dependency, and other indigent parties on appeal in California.
Changes in the Law
Index of recent developments and changes in the law.
General Appellate Practice
- ADI Manual
- ADI’s Roadmap to Resources
- California Supreme Court Practice
- Confidential and Sealed Records
- Electronically Filed Documents Signatures (2023)
- Ethics: Dealing with Unpublished Victories (2016)
- Exhibit Review Procedures (2025)
- Going in Style Articles
- Issue Spotting Article
- Legislative Research
- Motion Practice Guide (2025)
- Recent Opinions, Pending Issues & Pending Legislation
- Redaction and Metadata (2022)
- Retroactivity: Taking Advantage of Changes in the Law & Retroactivity (2019)
- Reversal and Remand: Appellate Counsel’s Duties (2025)
- To Brief or Not to Brief (2023)
- Working with Trial Counsel (2025)