Appellate Advocacy (W. Fernh*lz)

Appellate Advocacy is designed to further develop the skills learned in Written and Oral Advocacy – writing and presenting oral argument. Lectures and readings will focus on (1) legal analysis and reasoning, (2) the appellate doctrines that often determine the outcome of appeals, and (3) the institutional policies and procedures of appellate courts.

The aim of Appellate Advocacy is to provide students an experience closely comparable to actual appellate practice. Students will write a full brief from a shortened record of a real appellate case. Students will also prepare, practice and deliver a full oral argument. Students will receive advice and guidance from Practitioner-Advisors and Student-Advisors. Practitioner-Advisors are among the best appellate practitioners in the Bay Area.