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Appellate Practice
Ms. Lisa R. Freudenheim,
3 credits day; 3 credits evening.
In this course students will act as counsel, engage in written and oral exercises designed to
develop the skills necessary to litigate an effective appeal. The course will include, among other
topics, the following: perfecting the appeal, appellate procedure, assembling the record, research
techniques, writing the brief and appellate oral advocacy. Each student will write a substantial
brief from a record and then argue the brief before a simulated appellate tribunal. There are no
prerequisites or final exam. Students will have to write an appellate brief.
Enrollment is limited: 15
Elective Course
Meets Skills Menu Requirement
Meets Civil Litigation Concentration Requirements
May Fulfill Legal Writing Requirement
Final Paper Required