The 2005 National Conference on Appellate Justice
Background
The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Statement on the Functions and Future of Appellate Lawyers
The Federal Judicial Center, 1955-2004 Statistical Data Regarding Federal Courts
The National Center for State Courts, Statistical Data Regarding State Courts
Introduction
Arthur J. England, Jr., Planning and Conduct of the National Conference
Daniel J. Meador, Introduction to the National Conference
Keynote Address
Shirley S. Abrahamson, The Old Order Changes
Remarks
Oscar G. Chase, Introduction to Justice Breyer’s Remarks
Stephen G. Breyer, Reflections on the Role of Appellate Courts: A View from the Supreme Court
Selected Presentations from the General Sessions
Thomas E. Baker, Applied Freakonomics: Explaining the “Crisis of Volume”
Robert A. Katzmann, No Court Is an Island
John B. Oakley, Precedent in the Federal Courts of Appeals: An Endangered or Invasive Species?
Richard A. Posner, Demand and Supply Trends in Federal and State Courts over the last Half Century
Conference Report
Arthur G. Hellman, The View from the Trenches: A Report on the Breakout Sessions at the 2005 National Conference on Appellate Justice
Closing Address
Randall T. Shepard, Building an Appellate System Worthy of a Great Nation
