The Third District Court of Appeal is now accepting applications to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Gerald B. Cope, Jr. If you’ve been a member of The Florida Bar for the past 10 years, are a registered voter, and reside in Miami or elsewhere within the territorial jurisdiction of the Third District Court of Appeal, throw your hat in the ring.
The territory of the 3rd DCA is in purple in the map below:
The First DCA continues to be Florida’s leading court for ditching paper filing of briefs. This week, the court announced (.pdf of AO 10-3) its rollout schedule for electronic-only filing: Effective August 9, 2010, all papers that need to be filed in the First DCA may be filed electronically using its eDCA Portal, or by paper, but the court no longer wants both electronic and paper files. Starting September First, all documents should be filed in the First DCA electronically, by uploading a .pdf using the eDCA Portal.
I participated in a CLE not long ago where Judge Hawkes explained how the First DCA has implemented a paper-less system for doing its business. Most of the judges and their staff have double or even triple monitors on their computers, to allow them to view briefs, research, and their own work at the same time.
Congratulations to the First DCA on being a leader in appellate electronic filing!
Welcome, Justice Kagan. May you be principled in your decision making.