The 21st Annual Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course is co-sponsored by TexasBar CLE and the Appellate Section. The course will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin on September 6-7, 2007, along with an Appellate Boot Camp on September 5. Section members receive a $50 discount on registration. For a registration brochure, click here.

The Appellate Section makes available a limited number of need-based scholarships for the Appellate Boot Camp and the Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course. The scholarships will reduce tuition for the Boot Camp to $50 and tuition for the Advanced Course to $100, although applicants with significant financial need may request a full scholarship. Scholarships are open to all members of the Texas Bar, although preference will be given to Section members. The Section will award no more than ten scholarships to each course. Applicants must submit a scholarship request no later than August 23 and scholarship awards will be announced no later than September 1. Scholarship recipients would pay the reduced tuition directly to the Section no later than September 5.

Applicants requesting a scholarship should submit a signed letter containing the following: (1) the applicant's name, address, phone number, bar number, and e-mail address; (2) whether the applicant is a member of the Appellate Section; (3) the course or courses for which a scholarship is requested; (4) a certification that the applicant is unable to attend the course in the absence of a scholarship; (5) a brief explanation of the basis for financial need (legal aid lawyer, new lawyer, sole practitioner, recent illness, etc.); and (6) a brief description of how the course would benefit the applicant in his or her practice and how the applicant's attendance would benefit the practice of appellate law in the state.

Applicants may submit a signed request to Marcy Greer, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, 600 Congress Ave, Suite 2400, Austin, Texas 78701. Applications may also be submitted by e-mail to mgreer@fulbright.com but applicants must also follow up by mail with a signed letter for the section files.

Next year's course will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin on September 4-5, 2008, along with an Appellate Boot Camp on September 3, 2008.