MP3: Excellent Attorneys

March 30, 2005 10:25 AM

Anyone know where I can find MP3s of succesful oral arguments of skilled attorneys? Okay, so I should ask a law librarian, but y'all are just so handy!

I already know of, and am exploring Oyez and American Rhetoric.

posted by prettyboyfloyd to Education (5 answers total)

there are very few online sources for mp3s of oral arguments. cspan only has clips, as far as i could tell. EFF has some, but aside from oyez, there's not a permanent online database of argument mp3s that i'm aware of. according to my alma's law library oyez is the only source:

Audio. Oyez Oyez Oyez, has digitized recordings of the Court's proceedings. There are over 600 oral arguments from leading cases in constitutional law currently available with more added each year. The recordings of oral arguments at the National Archives provide the source material for this site. Available arguments begin in 1961 with Mapp v. Ohio and McGowan v. Maryland; there are a few arguments from the 1950s. Current arguments are not available until approximately 10 months after the end of a term. To access the arguments, you need Real Audio, which can be downloaded from the Oyez site.

posted by crush-onastick at 11:24 AM on March 30, 2005

The Seventh Circuit now maintains a database of its oral arguments in mp3 format.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 12:27 PM on March 30, 2005

The Ninth Circuit has audio files of oral arguments available as well, except they are in WMA format instead of mp3. Blech.
posted by Falconetti at 2:44 PM on March 30, 2005

Response by poster: Thanks all!
posted by prettyboyfloyd at 5:38 PM on March 30, 2005

Wasn't there a collection of Supreme Court cases called, er, May it Please the Court (or something like that) which came with a CD?
posted by TomSophieIvy at 8:57 PM on March 30, 2005