Like the prior edition of Appellate Advocacy: Principles and Practice published in 2004, this new edition also includes exercises revolving around the most important principles of appellate practice.
Effective Advocacy: in General; Theme; Structure; Appellate Process: Overview, Review Standards, Record, Jurisdiction. Multi-Judge Panels; Levels of Review: State Intermediate Courts, State Courts of Last Retort, Federal Courts of Appeals,...
Chief Justice John Roberts warns: “You don't have a lot of confidence in the substance if the writing is bad.” Bryan A. Garner, Interview with John G. Roberts Jr., 13 Scribes J. Legal Writing 5,6 (2010). The late Justice John Paul ...
First, they give the court easy access to the writer's basic argument. ... Anytime readers take a break between two segments of the document (whether those segments are sentences, paragraphs, or sections) their attention peaks.
Moreover , in Baumgartner v . United States , 51 the Court had held that the facts there presented did not establish “ beyond a troubling doubt ” that Baumgartner had committed fraud in taking the oath of allegiance .
88 Wilcox v. Arpaio, __ F.3d __ (9thCir. 2014).................................................... 134 Wiles v. Webb, 329 Ark. 108,946 S.W.2d 685 (1997)................................. 65-67 Wisconsin Retired Teachers Ass'n., Inc. v.
Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy: Mastering Oral Argument
Effective Appellate Advocacy: Brief Writing and Oral Argument
The text is enriched by an on-line companion that houses all of the text's exercises, additional briefs and working documents, and interviews with prominent appellate practitioners.
The book also covers legal analysis, drafting, and advocacy techniques used in preparing appellate briefs, as well as oral advocacy techniques in a discussion that is useful to novices and old hands.
Handbook of Appellate Advocacy