TY - BOOK AU - Beazley,Mary Beth TI - A practical guide to appellate advocacy SN - 9780735585102 (pbk.) AV - KF 251 .B42 2010 U1 - 347.73/8 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Austin [Tex.], New York PB - Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, Aspen Publishers KW - Legal briefs KW - United States KW - Local KW - Appellate procedure N1 - 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 ER -