Beazley, Mary Beth

A practical guide to appellate advocacy Mary Beth Beazley. - 3rd ed. - Austin [Tex.] New York Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Aspen Publishers c2010. - xxvii, 404 p. ill., forms 26 cm. teacher's manual.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Appellate jurisdiction and standards of review -- Before you write -- Facing the blank page -- One piece at a time : drafting the argument -- Practice pointers : using case authority effectively -- Seeing what you have written -- Following format rules -- Special teams : issue statements, statement of the case, summary of the argument, point headings -- Six degrees of legal writing : making your document reader-friendly and user-friendly -- Exploiting opportunities for persuasion -- Polishing -- Oral argument -- Moot court competitions.

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Legal briefs--United States.
Appellate procedure--United States.

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