Not long after the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March 2020, federal and state appellate courts began to conduct oral arguments remotely, either telephonically or using video-conferencing technology. That worked pretty well, in my experience, and certainly was far preferable to having no oral argument of appeals whatsoever.

Last year, as vaccine availability spread and infection rates and hospitalizations began to decline, a number of state and federal appellate courts began to once again offer in-person oral argument. My first “post-pandemic” oral argument occurred before a Pennsylvania Superior Court panel sitting in a ceremonial session at the historic Tioga County Courthouse in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. The courthouse was a three-and-a-half-hour drive from my office in suburban Philadelphia, but the last part of the ride was quite scenic.

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