Barckhoff's A Short & Happy Guide to Appellate Advocacy
Description
Few areas of practice are as demanding as appellate litigation. Procedural hurdles. Frustrated clients. Adverse rulings and verdicts. Hours of legal research and analysis. Court rules and requirements. Worst of all, staring at a blank screen while a deadline looms and anxiety grows. More than one law student has cried out in despair: “Isn’t there a guide that will help get me through this process in a way that’s relatively short and reasonably happy?” And then added: “Would it hurt for that guide to be light-hearted and easy to read?”
Well, great news!
This Short and Happy Guide to Appellate Advocacy does all that and more. You’ll learn to preserve issues, execute appeals, create a compelling narrative, draft issue statements and point headings, apply standards of review, develop persuasive arguments, and write with cohesiveness and clarity. Most of all, you’ll learn ways to show a court how and why to rule in your favor. Because there is more than one way to accomplish these tasks, the guide illustrates traditional and alternative techniques with engaging and accessible examples written by law students.
Will the guide cover every nuance of legal writing and analysis? No. After all, this Short and Happy Guide promises to be, well, relatively short and reasonably happy. But it will cover the skills a successful appellate advocate must have. And maybe even provide some fun and encouragement along the way.
Well, great news!
This Short and Happy Guide to Appellate Advocacy does all that and more. You’ll learn to preserve issues, execute appeals, create a compelling narrative, draft issue statements and point headings, apply standards of review, develop persuasive arguments, and write with cohesiveness and clarity. Most of all, you’ll learn ways to show a court how and why to rule in your favor. Because there is more than one way to accomplish these tasks, the guide illustrates traditional and alternative techniques with engaging and accessible examples written by law students.
Will the guide cover every nuance of legal writing and analysis? No. After all, this Short and Happy Guide promises to be, well, relatively short and reasonably happy. But it will cover the skills a successful appellate advocate must have. And maybe even provide some fun and encouragement along the way.