A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (Aspen Coursebook Series)
Description:
Mary Beth Beazley’s highly regarded A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy is a comprehensive student-focused guide to writing appellate briefs. Written in an understandable, direct writing style, this concise paperback’s effective structure centers on a four-point approach to writing and breaks each point down into key elements that are then treated in-depth.
New to the Fifth Edition:
- New bullets at the end of each chapter reviewing major takeaways
- Expanded coverage of research advice in Chapter 3, including discussion on Boolean searches
- A new chapter on using statutes in briefs, covering
- Reading statutes effectively
- Making statutory interpretation arguments
- Research techniques for statutory interpretation arguments
Professors and students will benefit from: - Student-friendly writing that is easy to read and understand
- Annotated examples – both good and bad – that help students understand why certain methods are effective
- Chapters on effective use of cases and statutes that address common problems experienced by students
- Numerous formulas that make learning and remembering easy:
- Creac
- Formula for effective topic sentences
- Formula for effective case descriptions
- ""Template"" formula for effective signals to the reader
Teaching materials include:
- Powerpoints with effective examples and teaching notes
- Self-grading guidelines and examples of self-grading of effective and ineffective legal writing
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