Course Description
Designed to help students to become successful appellate advocates. Students prepare a brief and oral argument. Grades based on evaluations of appellate brief, videotaped argument, competition argument, and writing exercises.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate law students will not be doing any extra work beyond that required of the Juris Doctor students. J.D. students are post-baccalaureate students and the workload expected of them is the same workload expected of post-baccalaureate graduate students. Law students are professional students, not undergraduate students. Graduate law students are primarily international lawyers seeking expertise in the American legal system. This expertise is gained through exposure to Juris Doctor courses.
Athena Title
Appellate Advocacy
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in JURI 4150E or JURI 6150E
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will be able to persuasively argue a client’s case through writing an appellate brief and presenting an oral argument.
Topical Outline
Review the structure of an appellate brief. Discuss the applicable rules of procedure and how to start preparing a brief. Discuss drafting questions presented, statements regarding oral argument, and statements of the case. Design, organize the argument, draft the introduction, and draft point headings.
Syllabus
Public CV