National Bar Association Request for Amicus Curiae Support If you would like the National Bar Association (“NBA”) to participate in a case as an amicus curiae please fill out and return this form with ample time remaining before the date the brief is due. Requests made less than six weeks before the amicus curiae brief is due will only be granted under extraordinary circumstances. No counsel for a party may write an amicus curiae brief for NBA or contribute financially to completion of the brief. Name, firm, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of requesting attorney:

Do you represent a party? Due date for amicus

Yes

If yes, which party? Party to be supported:

Case name, court, case number, and other relevant caption information

Describe the importance to NBA and its members in under 150 words

Summarize the facts of the case and procedural history in under 250 words

Summarize the legal issues to be addressed in the appeal in under 250 words and state the position you request NBA to take in the proposed amicus brief

List any amici curiae that have previously appeared in the case at any level and state where they appeared and which party they supported

Please submit this form, along with a copy of the decision appealed from to [email protected]., The Amicus Committee will then confirm receipt of your request within three business days. Thank you for your interest in assistance from the National Bar Association.

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