The Moot Court Book: A Student Guide to Appellate Advocacy
- ISBN-10
- 1558341951
- ISBN-13
- 9781558341951
- Category
- Law / Legal Writing
- Pages
- 307
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Michie Company
- Authors
- John T. Gaubatz, Taylor Mattis
Description
This book is designed to structure the process of writing a first brief and organizing a first oral argument on appeal. The book assumes that its typical user is a student addressing an appellate moot court problem during the student's first or second year of law school. The book further assumes a basic understanding of legal research and writing, including an understanding of citation form.
A Teacher's Manual is available to professors.
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