THE BLUE NOTES BLOG

Boot Camp Basics – April 30th!

Listen up, you raw recruits (and seasoned veterans)! The Federal Defender wants you! Come brush up on the basics, hone

Retroactive Guideline changes are here! And so are changes to the artist formerly known as compassionate release (now reductions in

In US v. Moore, we see another swing and miss on a justification defense―the appeals court concedes that the defense

We are but a week away from the annual St. Crispin’s Day Celebration CLE. We will host the two-day festival

A jury found that Edward Walker brought three women from Connecticut to Florida to engage in prostitution, and it convicted

We are but a month away from the annual St. Crispin’s Day Celebration CLE. We’ve built two days of presentations

Have you ever received a written judgment only to scratch your head because you cannot recall the judge discussing one

This week’s theme: the plain-error standard. An objection at the sentencing hearing will save a lawyer lots of heartburn on

If the Supreme Court takes a long summer hiatus, and it does, then we hope you’ll forgive us for doing

Over the last 12 months, the active judges on the Eleventh Circuit resolved an average of 628 appeals per judge.