7602. Appellate Advocacy

This course is a general introduction to practice in federal and state appellate courts, including writing appellate briefs and making oral arguments. As their primary assignment, students will select (with instructor approval) an actual pending appeal or petition in any federal or state appellate court in the United States. Students will write multiple drafts of a brief suitable to file in the selected pending case. They will also conduct mock oral arguments as well as evaluate other students' brief drafts.