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The Appellate Wanderer

by Raffi Melkonian
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Latest episodes

  • Episode 4: Mikael Swahn and the Lay Judges of Sweden

    July 13, 2023 · 59 min

    This time, I'm honored to speak with #AppellateTwitter international stalwart, Judge Mikael Swahn, of the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm, Sweden. Judge Swahn is my first European guest, and was able to tell me in great detail about the…

  • Episode 3: Andrew Bernstein and the bilingual paradise of the Canadian Supreme Court

    June 19, 2023 · 58 min

    In this third episode of The Appellate Wanderer, I talk to Andrew Bernstein, a partner at Torys who practices appeal and clerked for former Chief Justice Lamer of the Supreme Court of Canada. We had a lovely talk about how Canadian…

  • Episode 2: Jason Mitchell, and the Courts and Law of South Africa

    June 10, 2023 · 1 hr 2 min

    In this episode I talk about the extraordinary legal system of South Africa with Jason Mitchell, an experienced South African advocate. We discuss the South African legal system and Jason's experience at an American law school. We then…

  • Episode 1: Eduardo Tagle and the Mexican Supreme Court

    May 28, 2023 · 55 min

    I'm an appellate lawyer in Houston, Texas, at the law firm of Wright, Close & Barger LLP. On twitter, I'm jokingly called the "dean" of #AppellateTwitter. I love to practice appeals. But one dissatisfaction I have about life as a lawyer is…

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About the show

We lawyers love to travel: but litigation is geographically bound. We're allowed to practice only in states where we're admitted. International practice is nearly nonexistent. And even cases with international aspects are limited to American courts. This podcast seeks to explore appellate litigation across the world. How do appellate courts in other countries work? What do their appellate lawyers look like? What do they do better than us? And what can we learn from them as we build our own system. Join Raffi Melkonian, @RMFifthcircuit on social media, in exploring the world of appeals.