For many lawyers, the first exposure to the appellate process occurs in a law school legal research and writing course, in the form of an assignment to prepare an appellate court brief and present oral argument before a panel of lawyers and academics filling the role of judge. If your law school was like mine, students were put in groups of two, with each team member representing the same client but also being responsible for addressing a distinct issue in the case.
Thus, very early in their careers, many lawyers learn the disadvantages of preparing appellate briefs by committee and of having more than one advocate per side presenting oral argument. Those of us who have continued to focus on the practice of appellate litigation ultimately recognize that, with sufficient time and effort, it is possible to produce an appellate brief so that the entire document sounds as though it was written by the same person, even if multiple authors contributed to the document.
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