Aspiring lawyers who like the idea of fighting for the underdog in a legal controversy may want to consider an appellate legal career, experts say.

An appellate attorney’s typical client is someone who has been negatively affected by a court’s decision and wants a higher court to reverse that ruling.

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Jeffrey Fisher, a professor of law at Stanford Law School and co-director of Stanford’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, says faculty who have practiced appellate law can offer students unique insight into Supreme Court cases by explaining the strategic choices the winning side made in those cases.