Persuasive Writing and Advocacy

Semester: Spring 2022
Course ID: 232S
Credit Hours: 2
Unique: 28550

Course Information

Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed

Registration Information

1L-only required

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
TUE, THU	9:10 - 10:17 am	TNH 3.126

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
Paper

Description

This course covers persuasive legal writing and oral argument before an appellate panel. All students will complete a series of assignments designed to help you learn to write an appellate brief. All students will write a complete appellate brief and make two oral arguments. The course also covers other practical legal skills.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

The Bluebook : A Uniform System of Citation *

Harvard Law Review Association
ISBN: 978-0-578-66615-0

Fine Points for Legal Writing (optional)

Schiess, Wayne

Independently Published
ISBN: 978-1-09-680871-8

Researching the Law : Finding What You Need When You Need It *

Sloan, Amy E.

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business , edition: 3
ISBN: 978-1-5438-1336-4

An Advocate Persuades *

Rocklin, Joan Malmud, Rocklin, Robert B., Coughlin, Christine, Patrick, Sandy, and Rocklin, Joan M.

Carolina Academic Press
ISBN: 978-1-61163-150-0

Texas Rules of Form: The Greenbook 14th ed. (2018) *

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW

edition: 14
ISBN: 978-1-878674-10-4

Instructors