Persuasive Writing and Advocacy

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Day Time Location
THU 1:00 - 2:07 pm TNH 3.126
FRI 11:50 am - 12:57 pm TNH 3.126

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Introduction to advocacy in court. Focuses on legal research, writing mechanics, persuasive legal analysis, and oral argument before courts. Persuasive Writing and Advocacy and Legal Research & Legal Writing may not both be counted.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

The Bluebook *
Columbia Law Revew , edition: 20
ISBN: 978-0-692-40019-7
A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy *
Mary Beth Beazley
Wolters Kluwer , edition: 4th
ISBN: 978-1454830962
The Five Types of Legal Argument *
Wilson Huhn
Carolina Academic Press , edition: 3rd
ISBN: 978-1611635881
The Greenbook *
Texas Law Review , edition: 14
ISBN: 1-878674-09-9
The Redbook (optional)
Bryan Garner
Thomson-West , edition: 4
ISBN: 978-0314289018

Instructors

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