A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (Aspen Coursebook Series)

A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (Aspen Coursebook Series) image
ISBN-10:

1454896345

ISBN-13:

9781454896340

Edition: 5
Released: Nov 16, 2018
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Format: Paperback, 512 pages
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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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