Cases and Materials on Appellate Practice and Procedure
Cases and Materials on Appellate Practice and Procedure

Author: Robert J. Martineau

Publisher: West Academic Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 1096

ISBN-13:

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An in-depth look at the nature and function of appellate courts, including general rule, litigation, exceptions, sua sponte, final judgment rule, state systems, initiating and perfecting an appeal, timeliness, standards of relief, purpose, content, modification or correction of record on appeal, effective brief writing, oral argument, internal operating procedures, time limitations, pre-hearing or summary disposition, opinions and mandates, written opinion, publication, and citation of opinions.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781590318737

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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Florida Civil Procedure
Florida Civil Procedure

Author: Juan Ramirez

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781611632934

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Florida Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials covers all procedural aspects of litigation, starting with pre-filing considerations, such as conditions precedent, and ending with a chapter on appellate practice. In addition to reproducing the major cases on Florida civil procedure, the casebook details the statutory provisions and the rules of procedure, comparing them to the federal rules of procedure. The authors intersperse the work with frequent notes and questions for further classroom discussion. PowerPoint slides will be available to professors in 2015 upon adoption of this book.

Appellate Advocacy in a Nutshell
Appellate Advocacy in a Nutshell

Author: Alan D. Hornstein

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13:

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Effective Advocacy: in General; Theme; Structure; Appellate Process: Overview, Review Standards, Record, Jurisdiction. Multi-Judge Panels; Levels of Review: State Intermediate Courts, State Courts of Last Retort, Federal Courts of Appeals, Supreme Court; Taxonomy of Cases: Importance of Classification, Procedure; Criminal, Contracts, Torts, Administrative, Statutory, Constitutional; Arguments: In General, Fact; Doctrine, Policy; Process, Institutional; The Brief: Formalities, Petitioner, Respondent, Reply Briefs, Amicus, Questions Presented, Front Matter, Point Headings, Statement of Facts, Summary of Argument, Footnotes; Oral Argument: Preparation, Formalities, Style, First Petitioner, Second Petitioner, First Respondent, Second Respondent, Rebuttal, Authority, Hot and Cold Benches, Questions, Concluding; A Way of Working: Planning the Oral Argument, Learning From Experience, Planning, Performing and Reviewing Recursively (The Brief); Integrity of Argument.

The Family Law Guide to Appellate Practice
The Family Law Guide to Appellate Practice

Author: Matthew P. Barach

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 9781641053563

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"Family law matters are intimate, personal and touch upon people's most private treasures and issues. This perspective directly affects all aspects of domestic relations, including appellate practice. Serving as a practical guide on whether to appeal a family court decision, and then how to proceed with the appeal, this [book] is a valuable resource for both the newer and more seasoned family lawyer, and it fills a void in the literature by focusing on the unique issues involved in appealing a family law case."--

Advanced Appellate Advocacy
Advanced Appellate Advocacy

Author: Susan E. Provenzano, Sarah O. Schrup, Carter G. Phillips, Jeffrey T. Green

Publisher: Aspen Publishing

Published: 2016-02-29

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454847205

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Advanced Appellate Advocacy is a mastery textbook, designed to bridge students from second and third semester writing courses to appellate simulations and clinics that involve substantial writing projects. Because it offers a robust appellate education, conveying the creativity, strategy, and sophistication behind real appeals, the text can also serve as a handbook for new lawyers entering appellate practice. This textbook is a first-of-its kind collaboration among authors with decades of appellate practice and clinical and legal writing teaching among them. The author team includes Carter Phillips, one of the most highly rated Supreme Court advocates of our time. Advanced Appellate Advocacy also uses charts, diagrams, and reflection questions to engage readers, and practice pointers based on the authors' interviews with appellate specialists and their own practice experiences are sprinkled throughout the chapters. The text is enriched by an on-line companion that houses all of the text's exercises, additional briefs and working documents, and interviews with prominent appellate practitioners. Features: Organized to track the progress of an appeal, the text offers students explicit process-based guidance linked to each phase Going Beyond IRAC, the text teaches more flexible, sophisticated writing approaches, illustrating them with models from expert appellate briefs Includes charts, diagrams, examples, and reflection questions