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adam_text	Contents Preface xxvii Acknowledgments xxix I INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND ITS STUDY 1. An Introduction to American Law §1.1 The Origin of Common Law 3 §1.2 How American Courts Are Organized 6 §1.2.1 State Courts 6 §1.2.2 Federal Courts 7 §1.3 An Overview of the Litigation Process 8 §1.3.1 Phase 1: Pleadings and Service of Process 8 §1.3.2 Phase 2: Between Pleadings and Trial 10 §1.3.3 Phase 3: Trial 10 §1.3.4 Phase 4: Post-Trial Motions 11 §1.3.5 Phase 5: Appeal 12 §1.3.6 Phase 6: Post-Appeal Proceedings 12 §1.3.7 Criminal Cases 13 §1.4 The Importance of Understanding Procedure 13 §1.5 The Adversary Svstem 14 Contents 2. Rule-Based Reasoning 15 §2.1 The Inner Structure of a Rule 15 §2.2 Organizing the Application of a Rule 22 §2.3 Some Things to Be Careful About with Rules 24 §2.4 Causes of Action and Affirmative Defenses 25 §2.5 Where Rules Come From (Sources of Law) 27 Exercise I. The Uniform Commercial Code and Unconscionability 28 Exercise II. The Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Register 28 Exercise HI. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Motions to Compel 28 3. An Introduction to Judicial Decisions and Statutes 29 §3.1 The Anatomy of a Judicial Decision 29 Exercise I. Dissecting the Text of Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co. 30 §3.2 The Interdependence Among Facts, Issues, and Rules 36 Exercise II. Analyzing the Meaning of Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co. 40 §3.3 The Anatomy of a Statute 40 Exercise III. Analyzing the Meaning of §§ 50 and 51 of the New York Civil Rights Law 41 4. Briefing Cases 43 §4.1 Introduction 43 §4.2 How to Brief a Case 43 Exercise. Briefing Costansa v. Seinfeld 49 II INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL WRITING 51 ò. The Art of Legal Writing 53 §5.1 The Language as a Professional Tool 53 §5.2 Your Writing and Your Career 55 Contents §5.3 Predictive Writing and Persuasive Writing 56 §5.4 The Art Forms of Legal Writing 57 6. The Process of Writing 59 59 60 62 63 63 65 66 67 §6.1 Writing in Four Stages §6.2 Analyzing §6.3 Organizing §6.4 The First Draft §6.5 Overcoming Writer s Block §6.6 Rewriting §6.7 Plagiarism §6.8 Some General Advice about Writing III OFFICE MEMORANDA 71 T. Office Memoranda 73 §7.1 Office Memorandum Format 73 §7.2 Writing an Office Memorandum 78 O. Initially Obtaining the Facts: Client Interviewing 79 §8.1 Introduction 79 §8.2 Lawyers and Clients 80 §8.3 How to Interview 81 §8.3.1 How to Begin 81 §8.3.2 How to Learn What the Client Knows 82 §8.3.3 How to Conclude 83 9. Predictive Writing 85 §9.1 How to Predict 85 §9.2 How to Test Your Writing for Predictiveness 90 Exercise I. Nansen and Byrd 92 Exercise II. The Hartlevs and Debenture 94 Contents IV ORGANIZING PROOF OF A CONCLUSION OF LAW 97 10. A Paradigm for Organizing Proof of a Conclusion of Law 99 §10.1 Why We Need to Organize Proof of a Conclusion of Law 99 §10.2 A Paradigm for Structuring Proof 100 §10.3 Why Readers Prefer This Type of Organization 103 §10.4 Varying the Paradigm Formula to Suit Your Needs 104 §10.4.1 Varying the Sequence 104 §10.4.2 Varying the Depth 104 §10.4.3 Combining Separately Structured Analyses 104 Exercise I. Changing Planes in Little Rock 105 Exercise II. M7i«i You See or Wiiat U See 107 11. Varying the Depth of Rule Proof and Rule Application 111 §11.1 Introduction 111 §11.2 Conelusory Explanations 112 §11.3 Substantiating Explanations 113 §11.4 Comprehensive Explanations 113 §11.5 Cryptic Explanations 116 Exercise. Punitive Damages and Bedbugs 116 12. Combining Proofs of Separate Conclusions of Law 121 §12.1 Introduction 121 §12.2 How to Organize Where More Than One Element Is at Issue 121 §12.3 How to Organize Where More Than One Claim or Defense is at Issue 124 §12.4 How to Organize Alternative Ways of Proving a Single Conclusion 125 §12.5 How to Organize Where There Are Other Separate but Related Issues 125 §12.6 How to Start Working with Multi-Issue Situations 126 Exercise. After the Night in the Bar 127 Contents 13. Working with the Paradigm 133 §13.1 Using the Paradigm to Outline and to Begin Your First Draft 133 §13.2 Rewriting: How to Test Your Writing for Effective Organization 135 Exercise I. Griggs and the Anti-Bandit (Checking Organization During Rewriting) 138 Exercise II. Teddy Washburn s Gun (Analyzing and Organizing) 140 V GENERAL ANALYTICAL SKILLS 145 14. Selecting Authority 147 §14.1 Introduction 147 §14.2 The Hierarchy of Authority 148 §14.3 How Courts Use Dicta 151 §14.4 How Courts React to Foreign Precedent 152 §14.5 How to Use Foreign Precedent and Other Nonmandatory Authority to Fill a Gap in Local Law 154 §14.5.1 Laying the Foundation 154 §14.5.2 Filling the Gap 156 §14.6 How to Select Nonmandatory Precedent 157 §14.7 How to Work Effectively in the Library 158 Exercise. The Hierarchy of Authority 161 15. Working with Precedent 163 §15.1 Eight Skills for Working with Precedent 163 §15.2 Formulating a Variety of Rules from the Same Precedent 164 §15.3 Analogizing and Distinguishing 165 §15.4 Eliciting Policy from Precedent 166 §15.5 Synthesis and Reconciliation 167 §15.6 Testing for Realism and Marketability 169 Exercise I. Emu Risberg s Diary (A Confidential or Fiduciary Relation ?) 169 Exercise II. Qkast (The Partial Breach Issue) 177 Contents 16. Working with Statutes 183 §16.1 Ten Tools of Statutory Interpretation 183 §16.2 How to Present Statutory Analysis in Writing 192 Exercise I. Plagiarism and the Board of Bar Examiners 194 Exercise II. The Ironwood Tract 200 17. Working with Facts 205 §17.1 What Is a Fact? 205 §17.2 Identifying Determinative Facts 207 §17.3 Building Inferences from Facts 209 §17.4 Identifying Hidden and Unsupportable Factual Assumptions 211 Exercise I. The Menu at the Courthouse Cafe 213 Exercise II. Welty s State of Mind 214 VI GENERAL WRITING SKILLS 215 18. Paragraphing 217 §18.1 How Paragraphing Reveals Your Organization 217 §18.2 Probative Paragraphs and Descriptive Paragraphs 218 §18.3 Thesis Sentences, Topic Sentences, and Transition Sentences 219 §18.4 The Two Most Common Ways of Botching the Beginning of a Paragraph 220 §18.5 How to Test Your Writing for Effective Paragraphing 223 Exercise I. The First Weeks of Law School (Probative and Descriptive Paragraphs) 224 Exercise II. Maldonado s Citrus Croissants (Thesis and Topic Sentences. Paragraph Coherence) 225 Exercise III. Escape from Prison (Paragraph Unity, Coherence, and Length) 225 Contents 19. Effective Style 227 James P. Degnati, The Ph.D. Illiterate 227 §19.1 Clarity and Vividness 228 §19.2 Conciseness 229 §19.3 Forcefulness 232 §19.4 Punctuation and Other Rules of Grammar 236 §19.5 How to Test Your Writing for Effective Style 237 Exercise I. Kalmar s Driveway (Clarity and Conciseness) 248 Exercise II. Smolensky at the Plate (Clarity and Forcefulness) 249 20. Citations and Quotations 251 §20.1 Why Legal Citation Is Complicated 251 §20.2 Touring the ALWD Citation Manual and the Bluebook 252 §20.2.1 The ALWD Citation Manual 253 §20.2.2 The Bluebook 253 §20.3 Citation to Specific Types of Authority 254 §20.3.1 Citation to Cases 254 §20.3.2 Citation to Statutes 258 §20.4 Rules Governing All Citations 260 §20.5 Quotations 267 §20.6 How to Test Your Writing for Effective Use of Quotations 270 Exercise I. The First Amendment (Quotations) 273 Exercise II. Suing Presidents (Citations and Quotations) 274 Exercise III. Disqualifying Judges (Citations and Quotations) 275 VII LETTERS AND EXAM ANSWERS 277 21. Client Advice Letters 279 §21.1 The Letters Lawyers Write 279 §21.2 Client Advice Letters 280 Contents 22. Demand Letters 285 §22.1 Why and How Lawyers Write Demand Letters 285 §22.2 Strategy: Persuading through a Letter 286 §22.3 Legal Ethics and Demand Letters 288 §22.4 Structure of a Demand Letter 288 23. How to Write Exam Answers 291 §23.1 How Exam Answers Differ from Other Forms of Legal Writing 291 §23.2 Answering Essay Questions 292 §23.3 Other Types of Questions 295 §23.4 General Suggestions for Taking Exams 296 VIII THE SHIFT TO PERSUASION 299 24. Developing a Persuasive Theory 301 §24.1 Introduction 301 §24.2 Strategic Thinking 301 §24.3 Professional Creativity 302 §24.4 Theories: Of the Case, of the Motion, of the Appeal 305 §24.5 Characteristics of a Persuasive Theory 306 §24.6 Developing a Theory 308 §24.7 Imagery and Story-Telling 310 Exercise. Escape from Prison? (Developing a Theory) 311 25. Developing Persuasive Arguments 315 §25.1 What Is an Argument? 315 §25.2 What Judges Expect from Written Argumentation 317 §25.3 Argumentation Techniques 318 §25.4 Argumentation Ethics 333 §25.5 How to Handle Adverse Authority and Arguments 334 Exercise I. The Shoelaces 337 Exercise II. The Painter and the Preschool 337 Contents 26. Handling the Procedural Posture 339 §26.1 Why Procedural Postures Matter 339 §26.2 Types of Procedural Postures 339 §26.2.1 Motions Challenging the Quality of a Party s Allegations 340 §26.2.2 Motions Challenging Other Aspects of the Way in Which the Litigation Began 341 §26.2.3 Motions Challenging the Quality of a Party s Evidence 342 §26.2.4 Miscellaneous Case Management Motions 346 §26.2.5 Appeal 347 §26.3 Writing in a Procedural Posture 347 §26.4 Researching to Account for Your Case s Procedural Posture 349 Exercise. Welty s Facts at Various Procedural Postures 351 27. Motion Memoranda 353 §27.1 Motion Memorandum Format 353 §27.2 Writing a Motion Memorandum 356 28. Point Headings and Sub-Headings 359 §28.1 How Points and Headings Work 359 §28.2 How to Evaluate Your Headings and Sub-Headings for Effectiveness 362 Exercise. Point Headings and Sub-Headings 368 29. Statements of the Case 369 §29.1 How a Statement of the Case Works 369 §29.2 How to Tell Your Client s Story Persuasively 372 §29.3 Fact Ethics 378 §29.4 The Record 379 Exercise I. What Is a Fact? (Reprise) 380 Exercise II. Story-Telling 380 Exercise III. Topical Organization v. Chronological Organization 380 Exercise IV. Escape from Prison? (Rewriting Statements of the Case) 380 Exercise V. Drafting Statements of the Case 381 Contents 30. Questions Presented 383 §30.1 The Purpose and Structure of a Question Presented 383 §30.2 How to Evaluate Your Questions Presented for Persuasiveness 385 Exercise I. Bank Robbery (Questions Presented) 390 Exercise II. Drafting Persuasive Questions Presented 391 IX APPELLATE BRIEFS 393 31. Appellate Practice 395 §31.1 Introduction to Appeals 395 §31.2 What Happens During an Appeal 397 §31.3 The Roles of the Brief and of Oral Argument 400 §31.4 Limitations on Appellate Review 402 32. Appellate Briefs 407 §32.1 Appellate Brief Format 407 §32.2 How Judges Read Appellate Briefs 412 33. Writing the Appellate Brief 415 §33.1 Developing a Theory of the Appeal 415 §33.2 The Process of Writing a Brief 416 §33.3 Handling the Standard of Review and the Procedural Posture Below 419 Contents X INTO THE COURTROOM 425 34. Oral Argument 427 §34.1 Your Three Goals at Oral Argument 427 §34.2 The Structure of an Oral Argument 428 §34.3 Questions from the Bench 431 §34.4 Delivery , Affect, and Style 433 §34.5 Formalities and Customs of the Courtroom 435 §34.6 Preparation for Oral Argument 436 §34.7 State v. Dobbs and Zachrisson: An Oral Argument Dissected 438 APPENDICES 449 A. Basic Legal Usage 451 B. 24 Rules of Punctuation 457 Lj. Sample Office Memorandum 471 D. Sample Client Advice Letter 477 E. Sample Demand Letter 481 F . Sample Motion Memorandum 4o5 G. Sample Appellant s Brief 495 JH.. Sample Appellee s Brief 519 Index 53 7
adam_txt	Contents Preface xxvii Acknowledgments xxix I INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND ITS STUDY 1. An Introduction to American Law §1.1 The Origin of Common Law 3 §1.2 How American Courts Are Organized 6 §1.2.1 State Courts 6 §1.2.2 Federal Courts 7 §1.3 An Overview of the Litigation Process 8 §1.3.1 Phase 1: Pleadings and Service of Process 8 §1.3.2 Phase 2: Between Pleadings and Trial 10 §1.3.3 Phase 3: Trial 10 §1.3.4 Phase 4: Post-Trial Motions 11 §1.3.5 Phase 5: Appeal 12 §1.3.6 Phase 6: Post-Appeal Proceedings 12 §1.3.7 Criminal Cases 13 §1.4 The Importance of Understanding Procedure 13 §1.5 The Adversary Svstem 14 Contents 2. Rule-Based Reasoning 15 §2.1 The Inner Structure of a Rule 15 §2.2 Organizing the Application of a Rule 22 §2.3 Some Things to Be Careful About with Rules 24 §2.4 Causes of Action and Affirmative Defenses 25 §2.5 Where Rules Come From (Sources of Law) 27 Exercise I. The Uniform Commercial Code and Unconscionability 28 Exercise II. The Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Register 28 Exercise HI. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Motions to Compel 28 3. An Introduction to Judicial Decisions and Statutes 29 §3.1 The Anatomy of a Judicial Decision 29 Exercise I. Dissecting the Text of Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co. 30 §3.2 The Interdependence Among Facts, Issues, and Rules 36 Exercise II. Analyzing the Meaning of Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co. 40 §3.3 The Anatomy of a Statute 40 Exercise III. Analyzing the Meaning of §§ 50 and 51 of the New York Civil Rights Law 41 4. Briefing Cases 43 §4.1 Introduction 43 §4.2 How to Brief a Case 43 Exercise. Briefing Costansa v. Seinfeld 49 II INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL WRITING 51 ò. The Art of Legal Writing 53 §5.1 The Language as a Professional Tool 53 §5.2 Your Writing and Your Career 55 Contents §5.3 Predictive Writing and Persuasive Writing 56 §5.4 The Art Forms of Legal Writing 57 6. The Process of Writing 59 59 60 62 63 63 65 66 67 §6.1 Writing in Four Stages §6.2 Analyzing §6.3 Organizing §6.4 The First Draft §6.5 Overcoming Writer's Block §6.6 Rewriting §6.7 Plagiarism §6.8 Some General Advice about Writing III OFFICE MEMORANDA 71 T. Office Memoranda 73 §7.1 Office Memorandum Format 73 §7.2 Writing an Office Memorandum 78 O. Initially Obtaining the Facts: Client Interviewing 79 §8.1 Introduction 79 §8.2 Lawyers and Clients 80 §8.3 How to Interview 81 §8.3.1 How to Begin 81 §8.3.2 How to Learn What the Client Knows 82 §8.3.3 How to Conclude 83 9. Predictive Writing 85 §9.1 How to Predict 85 §9.2 How to Test Your Writing for Predictiveness 90 Exercise I. Nansen and Byrd 92 Exercise II. The Hartlevs and Debenture 94 Contents IV ORGANIZING PROOF OF A CONCLUSION OF LAW 97 10. A Paradigm for Organizing Proof of a Conclusion of Law 99 §10.1 Why We Need to Organize Proof of a Conclusion of Law 99 §10.2 A Paradigm for Structuring Proof 100 §10.3 Why Readers Prefer This Type of Organization 103 §10.4 Varying the Paradigm Formula to Suit Your Needs 104 §10.4.1 Varying the Sequence 104 §10.4.2 Varying the Depth 104 §10.4.3 Combining Separately Structured Analyses 104 Exercise I. Changing Planes in Little Rock 105 Exercise II. M7i«i You See or Wiiat U See 107 11. Varying the Depth of Rule Proof and Rule Application 111 §11.1 Introduction 111 §11.2 Conelusory Explanations 112 §11.3 Substantiating Explanations 113 §11.4 Comprehensive Explanations 113 §11.5 Cryptic Explanations 116 Exercise. Punitive Damages and Bedbugs 116 12. Combining Proofs of Separate Conclusions of Law 121 §12.1 Introduction 121 §12.2 How to Organize Where More Than One Element Is at Issue 121 §12.3 How to Organize Where More Than One Claim or Defense is at Issue 124 §12.4 How to Organize Alternative Ways of Proving a Single Conclusion 125 §12.5 How to Organize Where There Are Other Separate but Related Issues 125 §12.6 How to Start Working with Multi-Issue Situations 126 Exercise. After the Night in the Bar 127 Contents 13. Working with the Paradigm 133 §13.1 Using the Paradigm to Outline and to Begin Your First Draft 133 §13.2 Rewriting: How to Test Your Writing for Effective Organization 135 Exercise I. Griggs and the Anti-Bandit (Checking Organization During Rewriting) 138 Exercise II. Teddy Washburn's Gun (Analyzing and Organizing) 140 V GENERAL ANALYTICAL SKILLS 145 14. Selecting Authority 147 §14.1 Introduction 147 §14.2 The Hierarchy of Authority 148 §14.3 How Courts Use Dicta 151 §14.4 How Courts React to Foreign Precedent 152 §14.5 How to Use Foreign Precedent and Other Nonmandatory Authority to Fill a Gap in Local Law 154 §14.5.1 Laying the Foundation 154 §14.5.2 Filling the Gap 156 §14.6 How to Select Nonmandatory Precedent 157 §14.7 How to Work Effectively in the Library 158 Exercise. The Hierarchy of Authority 161 15. Working with Precedent 163 §15.1 Eight Skills for Working with Precedent 163 §15.2 Formulating a Variety of Rules from the Same Precedent 164 §15.3 Analogizing and Distinguishing 165 §15.4 Eliciting Policy from Precedent 166 §15.5 Synthesis and Reconciliation 167 §15.6 Testing for Realism and Marketability 169 Exercise I. Emu Risberg's Diary (A "Confidential or Fiduciary Relation"?) 169 Exercise II. Qkast (The Partial Breach Issue) 177 Contents 16. Working with Statutes 183 §16.1 Ten Tools of Statutory Interpretation 183 §16.2 How to Present Statutory Analysis in Writing 192 Exercise I. Plagiarism and the Board of Bar Examiners 194 Exercise II. The Ironwood Tract 200 17. Working with Facts 205 §17.1 What Is a Fact? 205 §17.2 Identifying Determinative Facts 207 §17.3 Building Inferences from Facts 209 §17.4 Identifying Hidden and Unsupportable Factual Assumptions 211 Exercise I. The Menu at the Courthouse Cafe 213 Exercise II. Welty's State of Mind 214 VI GENERAL WRITING SKILLS 215 18. Paragraphing 217 §18.1 How Paragraphing Reveals Your Organization 217 §18.2 Probative Paragraphs and Descriptive Paragraphs 218 §18.3 Thesis Sentences, Topic Sentences, and Transition Sentences 219 §18.4 The Two Most Common Ways of Botching the Beginning of a Paragraph 220 §18.5 How to Test Your Writing for Effective Paragraphing 223 Exercise I. The First Weeks of Law School (Probative and Descriptive Paragraphs) 224 Exercise II. Maldonado's Citrus Croissants (Thesis and Topic Sentences. Paragraph Coherence) 225 Exercise III. Escape from Prison (Paragraph Unity, Coherence, and Length) 225 Contents 19. Effective Style 227 James P. Degnati, The Ph.D. Illiterate 227 §19.1 Clarity and Vividness 228 §19.2 Conciseness 229 §19.3 Forcefulness 232 §19.4 Punctuation and Other Rules of Grammar 236 §19.5 How to Test Your Writing for Effective Style 237 Exercise I. Kalmar's Driveway (Clarity and Conciseness) 248 Exercise II. Smolensky at the Plate (Clarity and Forcefulness) 249 20. Citations and Quotations 251 §20.1 Why Legal Citation Is Complicated 251 §20.2 Touring the ALWD Citation Manual and the Bluebook 252 §20.2.1 The ALWD Citation Manual 253 §20.2.2 The Bluebook 253 §20.3 Citation to Specific Types of Authority 254 §20.3.1 Citation to Cases 254 §20.3.2 Citation to Statutes 258 §20.4 Rules Governing All Citations 260 §20.5 Quotations 267 §20.6 How to Test Your Writing for Effective Use of Quotations 270 Exercise I. The First Amendment (Quotations) 273 Exercise II. Suing Presidents (Citations and Quotations) 274 Exercise III. Disqualifying Judges (Citations and Quotations) 275 VII LETTERS AND EXAM ANSWERS 277 21. Client Advice Letters 279 §21.1 The Letters Lawyers Write 279 §21.2 Client Advice Letters 280 Contents 22. Demand Letters 285 §22.1 Why and How Lawyers Write Demand Letters 285 §22.2 Strategy: Persuading through a Letter 286 §22.3 Legal Ethics and Demand Letters 288 §22.4 Structure of a Demand Letter 288 23. How to Write Exam Answers 291 §23.1 How Exam Answers Differ from Other Forms of Legal Writing 291 §23.2 Answering Essay Questions 292 §23.3 Other Types of Questions 295 §23.4 General Suggestions for Taking Exams 296 VIII THE SHIFT TO PERSUASION 299 24. Developing a Persuasive Theory 301 §24.1 Introduction 301 §24.2 Strategic Thinking 301 §24.3 Professional Creativity 302 §24.4 Theories: Of the Case, of the Motion, of the Appeal 305 §24.5 Characteristics of a Persuasive Theory 306 §24.6 Developing a Theory 308 §24.7 Imagery and Story-Telling 310 Exercise. Escape from Prison? (Developing a Theory) 311 25. Developing Persuasive Arguments 315 §25.1 What Is an Argument? 315 §25.2 What Judges Expect from Written Argumentation 317 §25.3 Argumentation Techniques 318 §25.4 Argumentation Ethics 333 §25.5 How to Handle Adverse Authority and Arguments 334 Exercise I. The Shoelaces 337 Exercise II. The Painter and the Preschool 337 Contents 26. Handling the Procedural Posture 339 §26.1 Why Procedural Postures Matter 339 §26.2 Types of Procedural Postures 339 §26.2.1 Motions Challenging the Quality of a Party's Allegations 340 §26.2.2 Motions Challenging Other Aspects of the Way in Which the Litigation Began 341 §26.2.3 Motions Challenging the Quality of a Party's Evidence 342 §26.2.4 Miscellaneous Case Management Motions 346 §26.2.5 Appeal 347 §26.3 Writing in a Procedural Posture 347 §26.4 Researching to Account for Your Case's Procedural Posture 349 Exercise. Welty's Facts at Various Procedural Postures 351 27. Motion Memoranda 353 §27.1 Motion Memorandum Format 353 §27.2 Writing a Motion Memorandum 356 28. Point Headings and Sub-Headings 359 §28.1 How Points and Headings Work 359 §28.2 How to Evaluate Your Headings and Sub-Headings for Effectiveness 362 Exercise. Point Headings and Sub-Headings 368 29. Statements of the Case 369 §29.1 How a Statement of the Case Works 369 §29.2 How to Tell Your Client's Story Persuasively 372 §29.3 Fact Ethics 378 §29.4 The Record 379 Exercise I. What Is a Fact? (Reprise) 380 Exercise II. Story-Telling 380 Exercise III. Topical Organization v. Chronological Organization 380 Exercise IV. Escape from Prison? (Rewriting Statements of the Case) 380 Exercise V. Drafting Statements of the Case 381 Contents 30. Questions Presented 383 §30.1 The Purpose and Structure of a Question Presented 383 §30.2 How to Evaluate Your Questions Presented for Persuasiveness 385 Exercise I. Bank Robbery (Questions Presented) 390 Exercise II. Drafting Persuasive Questions Presented 391 IX APPELLATE BRIEFS 393 31. Appellate Practice 395 §31.1 Introduction to Appeals 395 §31.2 What Happens During an Appeal 397 §31.3 The Roles of the Brief and of Oral Argument 400 §31.4 Limitations on Appellate Review 402 32. 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