A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy

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Mary Beth Beazley's highly regarded A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy is a comprehensive student-focused guide to writing appellate briefs. Written in an understandable, direct writing style, this concise paperback's effective structure centers on a four-point approach to writing and breaks each point down into key elements that are then treated in-depth.

New to the Fifth Edition: 

• New bullets at the end of each chapter reviewing major takeaways
• Expanded coverage of research advice in Chapter 3, including discussion on Boolean searches
• A new chapter on using statutes in briefs, covering
• Reading statutes effectively
• Making statutory interpretation arguments
• Research techniques for statutory interpretation arguments
  
  Professors and students will benefit from:
• Student-friendly writing that is easy to read and understand
• Annotated examples - both good and bad - that help students understand why certain methods are effective
• Chapters on effective use of cases and statutes that address common problems experienced by students
• Numerous formulas that make learning and remembering easy:
• Creac
• Formula for effective topic sentences
• Formula for effective case descriptions
• ""Template"" formula for effective signals to the reader

Teaching materials include:

• Powerpoints with effective examples and teaching notes
• Self-grading guidelines and examples of self-grading of effective and ineffective legal writing