A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy

A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy
ISBN-10
0735524068
ISBN-13
9780735524064
Category
Law / Practical Guides
Pages
336
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Aspen Law & Business
Author
Mary Beth Beazley

Description

This concise paperback takes a process approach to teaching how to write an appellate brief. True to its title, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy zeroes in on the specific steps that lead to success in the real world of appellate practice. When you examine A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy, you will find: complete coverage, including audience analysis, An overview of appellate practice, appellate standards of review, writing an appellate brief, reviewing the case record, employing selected legal research techniques, and methods for constructing an effective argument class-tested materials developed by a nationally known teacher who blends a readable, accessible style with practical substantive coverage a unique exercise called the Self-Graded Draft, which teaches students to recognize strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in their analytical writing numerous examples of both good and bad writing, with a special icon to denote bad examples appendices containing sample briefs, which are annotated to identify strengths and explain why the writer chose a particular technique thorough chapters on Oral Argument and Moot Court Competitions A complete teaching package includes a comprehensive Teacher's Manual, also available on CD-ROM, with optional exercises, sample syllabi, teaching tips for each chapter, sample criteria sheets for an annotated outline, a macro draft, a micro draft, a final draft, a practice argument, and a performance argument.

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