Appellate advocacy and moot court:
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| adam_text | Contents
Chapter
1.
Appellate Advocacy: Appeals, Writs, Standards of Review
........................................ 1
I. Introduction to the appellate process
.......................................................................... 1
A. It is hard to win on appeal
.................................................................................... 1
B. Quality is much better than quantity
.................................................................... 1
II. Types of appeals and appellate writs
...........................................................................2
A. Appeal after a final judgment
...............................................................................2
B. Interlocutory appeals
............................................................................................2
C. Extraordinary writs
-
writs of mandamus, writs of prohibition
.............................3
III. Standards of review
....................................................................................................5
A. Determinations of law—
de novo
standard of review
.........................................6
B. Determinations of fact by the jury standard of review
...........................................6
C. Determinations of fact by the trial court in a bench trial
—
clearly erroneous standard of review
..................................................................7
D. Mixed questions of law and fact standards of review
.............................................7
E. Review of trial courts rulings on proceedings before and during the trial
-
abuse of discretion standard of review
............................................................... 8
E
Trial court
s
evidentiary determinations
-
abuse of discretion standard
but the discretion is more limited
.........................................................................9
IV. The record on appeal
.................................................................................................9
A. What is the real record on appeal
-
district court record or
transmitted record?
............................................................................................. 10
B. Supplementing the transmitted record
................................................................ 10
C. What the transmitted record contains
................................................................ 10
D. Appellants and appellee s duties regarding the record
......................................... 11
Chapter
2.
Appellate Briefs
...................................................................................................... 13
I. The importance of advocacy in writing in the appellate context
............................... 13
II. What briefs are allowed?
........................................................................................... 13
III. Structure of appellate briefs and appellate writs
........................................................ 14
A. Structure of writs of mandamus and prohibition
................................................ 14
B. Structure of interlocutory appellate briefs
........................................................... 15
C. Structure of appellate briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court
..................................... 15
1.
Caption (on the Cover)
................................................................................ 15
2.
Questions Presented for Review (or Issues Presented, Points of Error,
Points Relied On, Points for Review)
........................................................... 17
a. Questions presented in an intermediate level appellate court
................... 17
b. Questions presented in a court of last resort
............................................ 18
3.
Parties to the Proceeding
.............................................................................. 19
4.
Table of Contents
......................................................................................... 19
5.
Table of Authorities
......................................................................................20
6.
Opinions and Orders Entered in the Case (or Opinions Below)
...................23
7.
Statement
of Jurisdiction
..............................................................................23
8.
Constitutional, Treaty, Statutory, and Administrative Law Provisions
...........23
9.
Statement of the Case (Including Statement of Facts and Proceedings
Below)
..........................................................................................................24
10.
Statement of Facts
........................................................................................24
a. Persuasive facts vs. argument
...................................................................25
b. Accuracy
..................................................................................................25
с
Highlighting good facts and downplaying bad facts
.................................27
d. Level of detail
..........................................................................................28
e. Divide facts with subheadings
.................................................................29
f. Citations to the record
.............................................................................29
g. Party names
.............................................................................................29
h. Abbreviations and acronyms
....................................................................30
i. Tell your clients story
..............................................................................30
11.
Standard of Review
......................................................................................30
12.
Summary of Argument
.................................................................................31
13.
Argument
.....................................................................................................31
14.
Conclusion
................................................................................................... 14
15.
Appendices
...................................................................................................32
IV. Drafting the argument
.............................................................................................32
A. Use argumentative thesis headings
......................................................................32
B. Policy counts more on appeal, and precedent becomes a two-way street
.............33
C. The continuing benefits of explanatory synthesis
................................................34
D. Be assertive rather than critical about the court below and your opponents
arguments, and remember the standard of review
...............................................34
E. Minimize alternative arguments
.........................................................................35
F. As in other litigation documents, limit the use of footnotes, overuse of
emphasis, and lengthy quotes
.............................................................................35
V. Drafting an answering brief
......................................................................................35
VI. Drafting the reply brief
............................................................................................37
VII.
Sample brief grading sheets
......................................................................................38
VIII.
Sample briefs
............................................................................................................42
Chapter
3.
Oral Advocacy at Pretrial, Trial and Appellate Stages
........................................... 153
I. Background principles of the practice of oral argument
.......................................... 153
A. It is an efficient use of the court s time and resources
........................................ 154
B. It allows a judge to question the two sides about the motion or appeal
............. 154
C. It can assist a judge in making up her mind
...................................................... 154
II. Oral argument in trial level courts prior to trial
...................................................... 155
A. No oral argument jurisdictions
...................................................................... 155
B. Motion Day or Law Day Jurisdictions
....................................................... 155
C. Open Court Jurisdictions
.............................................................................. 156
D. Informal matters and show up jurisdictions
................................................... 156
E. The necessity to notice up motions
............................................................... 156
F. Style of oral argument in trial courts in the pretrial period
................................ 156
III. Oral argument during a trial
.................................................................................. 157
IV. Appellate oral argument
......................................................................................... 157
V. How to prepare for oral argument
.......................................................................... 158
A. Know every case and legal authority inside and out
.......................................... 158
B. Write an outline, not a script
............................................................................ 159
C. Prepare an introduction
.................................................................................... 159
D. Themes are not just for briefs
........................................................................... 163
E. Try to anticipate likely questions, and work out good answers to them
............. 163
F. Organize your materials for easy access
............................................................. 163
G. Go and do some field research
—
see how this is done
....................................... 164
H. How do you get to the Supreme Court?
-
practice, practice, practice
................ 164
VI. Moot court judges
.................................................................................................. 165
VII.
Decorum, appearance, and delivery
........................................................................ 166
VIII.
Constructing the argument
.................................................................................... 168
IX. Questions from the panel
....................................................................................... 168
X. Other considerations
.............................................................................................. 174
A. Winning points
................................................................................................ 174
B. Candor toward the court
.................................................................................. 175
C. Finishing your argument
.................................................................................. 175
D. Pay attention to the stop sign
........................................................................... 175
E. Wait and listen to the whole question
............................................................... 176
F. Give a direct yes-no answer to a yes-no question; then explain
................... 176
G. Unexpected events
............................................................................................ 176
H. Poker face
......................................................................................................... 176
Chapter
4.
Strategies for Moot Court and Beyond
................................................................ 179
I. Moot court competitions
........................................................................................ 179
A. A taste of practice
............................................................................................. 179
B. Devil s advocacy skills
....................................................................................... 180
II. Ideal traits for a moot court partner
........................................................................ 181
A. Dedicated and hardworking
............................................................................. 181
B. Available
.......................................................................................................... 181
С
Balanced
.......................................................................................................... 182
D. Good match for your strengths and weaknesses
................................................ 183
III. Interpreting moot court rules
................................................................................. 183
A. Read the rules
.................................................................................................. 184
B. United States Supreme Court rules
................................................................... 184
1.
Rules on typesetting and printing
............................................................... 184
2.
Brief covers
................................................................................................ 184
3.
Brief length
................................................................................................ 185
C. Page limits and typeface rules
........................................................................... 185
D. Binding
............................................................................................................ 186
E. Outside assistance
............................................................................................ 186
IV. Analyzing a moot court problem
............................................................................ 188
A. Careful reading
................................................................................................ 188
B. Handling the facts
............................................................................................ 188
1.
Put the facts in chronological order
............................................................ 188
2.
Separate good facts from bad facts
.............................................................. 189
3.
Make reasonable and logical inferences from the facts
................................ 189
4.
Group the facts by topic and subject matter and look for themes
................ 190
5-
Return to the facts again and again
............................................................ 191
C. Issue spotting
................................................................................................... 192
1.
Harmless error, appealable error, preservation, and clear error
.................... 192
2.
Jurisdictional errors in the trial court
.......................................................... 194
3.
Appellate court jurisdictional issues
............................................................ 194
4.
Constitutional defects of justiciability
......................................................... 196
D. Appellants determination of which issues to raise
............................................. 197
E. Appellee s determination of which issues to rebut
............................................. 198
V. The collaborative writing process
........................................................................... 199
A. Write a complete first draft of the brief as early as you can
............................... 199
B. Write multiple drafts
........................................................................................200
C. Meet frequently with your teammates and let them comment on
each draft
.........................................................................................................200
D. Talk about each section the first week, each paragraph the second and
third weeks, and each sentence and word the last week
.....................................200
E. Thoroughly discuss each authority
...................................................................201
F. Use another team or persons briefing the opposite position if the rules
allow it
.............................................................................................................201
G. Use all the outside help the rules allow
.............................................................201
Appendix. Organization of Legal Writing
................................................................................203
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