LAW 5609 - Advanced Appellate Advocacy

Credit(s): 2
Advanced study and practice of written and oral appellate advocacy. The course will build on the foundation established in the required first-year course in appellate advocacy, but will provide more and more detailed coverage, practice and evaluation. Topics covered will include the mechanics of perfecting and taking appeals, preparation of writ applications, applying the various standard of review, working with a full and complex record on review, advanced techniques for organizing and writing a brief, and advanced instruction on the strategy and process of oral argument. Students will be required to absorb a full record on appeal, research and write a full appellate brief, and conduct a full appellate argument. The course is not required, but is strongly recommended for students who wish to serve on the Student Board of Advocates, or to compete in the Tullis Moot Court competition or in any of the interschool moot court competitions.