COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Appellate Practice
Ms. Lisa R. Freudenheim
3 credits day; 3 credits evening.

In this course students will act as counsel, engage in written and oral exercises designed to develop the skills necessary to litigate an effective appeal. The course will include, among other topics, the following: perfecting the appeal, appellate procedure, assembling the record, research techniques, writing the brief, and appellate oral advocacy. Each student will write a substantial brief from a record and then argue the brief before a simulated appellate tribunal. There are no prerequisites or final exam. Students will have to write an appellate brief.

Enrollment is limited: 15   Elective Course   Meets Skills Menu Requirement   Meets Civil Litigation Concentration Requirements   May Fulfill Legal Writing Requirement   Final Paper Required

<<Course Updated: April 01, 2013>>

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