This summer marks the 30th anniversary of our joint authorship of the Appellate Practice column, as well as Thomas Newman’s 44th year as its author. At these milestones, we reflect on the evolution of New York appellate practice over the past three decades, focusing on technological advancements and efforts to reduce appellate court backlogs and delays.

Thirty years ago, electronic legal research was still a novelty. Law firms maintained extensive libraries of print-based case reporter volumes and other primary and secondary research materials. Law librarians served as the conduit to these print publications for the legions of associates who scoured them and weekly advance sheets searching for that elusive case in point. Decisions were manually “Shepardized” through Shepard’s Citation Service to locate any negative subsequent history. This was an arduous, time-consuming process that ran the risk of incomplete results even for the most skilled researchers.

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