Appellate Advocacy II

Catalog description

Appellate practice focusing on the supervisory jurisdiction of appellate courts and courts of review. Students will prepare a writ application/interlocutory appeal and may have to present some information orally. Students will be assigned the relevant portions of an appellate record and will be required to develop a writ application/interlocutory appeal. Students will conduct legal research regarding supervisory jurisdiction, the Uniform Rules of the Courts of Appeal and the substantive and procedural law issues raised by the writ application/interlocutory appeal. Students are afforded extensive opportunities to complete draft writing products prior to submission of the final writ application/interlocutory appeal or opposition thereto. They confer individually with their professor for assessments of their written work. They edit and rewrite their drafts and receive consistent feedback at each stage. Students are introduced to the oral advocacy aspects of writ/interlocutory appeal practice. This course may satisfy the requirement that a student take Advanced Legal Analysis & Writing to graduate. Legal Analysis & Writing I and II are the only prerequisites for this course.