Persuasive Writing and Advocacy

Semester: Spring 2023
Course ID: 280T
Credit Hours: 2
Unique: 28730

Course Information

Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed

Registration Information

1L-only required

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
TUE	3:30 - 4:37 pm	TNH 2.137
THU	3:30 - 4:37 pm	TNH 3.124

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

An Advocate Persuades *

Rocklin, Joan, Rocklin, Robert, Coughlin, Christine, and Patrick, Sandy

Carolina Academic Press , edition: 2
ISBN: 978-1-5310-1910-5

The Five Types of Legal Argument *

Huhn, Wilson Ray

Carolina Academic Press , edition: 4
ISBN: 978-1-5310-2441-3

Grammatically Correct : The Essential Guide to Spelling, Style, Usage, Grammar, and Punctuation (optional)

Stilman, Anne

Penguin Publishing Group , edition: 2
ISBN: 978-1-58297-616-7

The Greenbook: Texas Rules Of Form 15e *

Texas Law

Texas Law Review , edition: 15
ISBN: 978-1-878674-11-1

Instructors

Murrell, Matthew