Professor Aliza Milner’s article, Written Opinions in State Intermediate Appellate Courts: Current Landscapes and the AI Horizon, was published in volume 38 of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics. Milner is the Director of Legal Communication and Research at Syracuse Law.
The article surveys the rules that states have developed about when and what their intermediate appellate courts write. It also considers why states limit the writing of their intermediate appellate courts.
The article highlights why rules about appellate court writing matter, how AI may influence those choices, and what writing means for accuracy, transparency, and the future of state court appellate justice.
Aliza Milner, Written Opinions in State Intermediate Appellate Courts: Current Landscapes and the AI Horizon, 38 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 273 (2025).