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NOTE: Course offerings change. Classes offered this semester may not be offered in future semesters.243 sec. 2 - Appellate Advocacy (Fall 2011)
Instructor: Paul D. Fogel (view instructor's teaching evaluations | profile)
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Units: 3
Meeting Time: W 6:25-9:05
Meeting Location: 107
Course Start: August 24, 2011
Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 49640
Appellate Advocacy is designed to further develop the skills learned in Written and Oral Advocacy --writing and presenting oral argument. Lectures and readings will focus on (1) legal analysis and reasoning, (2) the appellate doctrines that often determine the outcome of appeals, and (3) the institutional policies and procedures of appellate courts.
The aim of Appellate Advocacy is to provide students an experience closely comparable to appellate practice. Students will write a full brief from a shortened record of a case pending in the California Supreme Court or United States Supreme Court. Students will also prepare, practice and deliver a full oral argument. Students will receive advice and guidance from Student-Advisors and Practitioner-Advisors, who are among the best appellate practitioners in the Bay Area.
Enrollment is limited to sixteen students. The course is graded, with the brief counting as 75% of the grade and oral argument as 25% of the grade. The grade awarded will also reflect the quality and timeliness of interim assignments.
Because this class requires efforts on the part of so many parties--including Student-Advisors, Practitioner-Advisors, judges, and opposing 'counsel'--no students will be allowed to drop after the first week of instruction.
Appellate Advocacy is strongly recommended for all students participating in outside appellate competitions. Appellate Advocacy will NOT be offered in the Spring Semester.
This course may satisfy the Writing Requirement.
This course satisfies the Skills Requirement.
Exam Notes: P+
Course Category: Advocacy Skills Courses
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Readers:
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Books:
Required Books are in blue
- Supreme Court and appellate advocacy
by David C. Frederick; foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Publisher: St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2003.
ISBN: 9780314144140
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: $55.00
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Folletts prices are unavailable at this time. - The winning brief
Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
ISBN: 9780195170757
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 29
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Ned's prices are unavailable at this time.
