The California Appellate Law Podcast
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Humans Get Humans (Better Than Electronic Recordings): Stephanie Leslie Take Your Case
May 19, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
Recent Episodes
Rescue Missions & Reality Checks: Fmr. CJ Cantil-Sakauye on What Makes the Supreme Court Take Your Case
May 12, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
Jeremy Rosen on Building Horvitz & Levy’s San Francisco Office and the Art of Appellate Brief Writing
May 05, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
The Workhorse Justice: Ming Chin on Prolific Opinion Writing, DNA Evidence, and the Art of Mediation
April 28, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
The End of Hallucinated Cases: Ross Guberman’s RealityCheck Arrives
April 8, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
April Fool’s Legal Myths: From “One Phone Call” to Dual-Citizenship
April 1, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
From BigLaw to Boutiques: David Lat on Trump, VanDyke, and the Art of Oral Argument
May 05, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
The Myth of the Rule of Law in Nude Female Korean Spas
March 19, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
CA Trans Law Stay in SCOTUS, and AI Sanctions in SCOCA
March 10, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
The AI-Work Product Split, & Deadbeat-Dad Deals=Unenforceable
March 03, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
California’s Appellate Chaos and a Proposed Fix
February 24, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
California’s No-Horizontal-Stare-Decisis Rule: How an Accident Became Law
February 18, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
The Hallucination Trap: How to Use AI in Legal Practice Without Losing $10,000
February 18, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
The Ethics and Philosophy of AI in Legal Practice
February 10, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
A Supreme Lemon: Michelle Fonseca on used-car consumer protections after Rodriguez
January 28, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
Federal contempt is broader than Cal. contempt, & PAGA victory becomes a “smoldering ruin”
January 20, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
New Civ Pro Rules for 2026
January 07, 2026 • Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis