Handling Appeals in Arkansas (includes 2025 supplement)

Publisher:: Arkansas Bar Association
Publication date:: 2025-01-01

Description:

Handling Appeals in Arkansas is a practical guide for the novice and the experienced practitioner alike. Here you will find ready answers to procedural questions, guidance where further research is needed, and a feel for the lay of the appellate landscape. This manual covers all the major steps in a civil or criminal appeal, including dependency-neglect appeals, and includes citations to the governing rules and case law, together with practical advice. The appendices contain useful forms, sample briefs, and other resources. First published in 1997, Handling Appeals in Arkansas is supplemented yearly. It is the fruit of many years of appellate practice by some top-notch Arkansas lawyers. This includes the 2023, 2024 and 2025 Supplements.

Index

Front Matter
CHAPTER 1 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
CHAPTER 2 FINAL JUDGMENTS AND APPEALABLE ORDERS
CHAPTER 3 PRESERVING ERROR
CHAPTER 4 STAY AND SUPERSEDEAS
CHAPTER 5 THE NOTICE OF APPEAL—CIVIL
CHAPTER 6 THE NOTICE OF APPEAL—CRIMINAL
CHAPTER 7 PREPARING AND FILING THE RECORD—CIVIL
CHAPTER 8 FILING THE RECORD IN A CRIMINAL CASE
CHAPTER 9 STANDARDS OF REVIEW ON APPEAL
CHAPTER 10 WRITING APPELLATE BRIEFS
CHAPTER 11 AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS
CHAPTER 12 ORAL ARGUMENT
CHAPTER 13 PETITIONS FOR REHEARING
CHAPTER 14 PETITIONS FOR REVIEW
CHAPTER 15 SPECIAL KINDS OF APPEALS
CHAPTER 16 MOTION PRACTICE IN THE ARKANSAS APPELLATE COURTS
CHAPTER 17 SPECIAL AND EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 18 ETHICAL ISSUES IN APPELLATE PRACTICE
CHAPTER 19 DEPENDENCY-NEGLECT APPEALS
APPENDIX A Appeal Deadlines Checklist
APPENDIX B APPELLATE FORMS
APPENDIX C SAMPLE AMICUS MOTIONS AND BRIEFS
APPENDIX D MODEL PETITION FOR REHEARING
APPENDIX E MODEL PETITION FOR REVIEW
APPENDIX F BIBLIOGRAPHY ON APPELLATE PRACTICE AND LEGAL WRITING
2023 Cumulative Supplement
2024 Cumulative Supplement
2025 Cumulative Supplement