Assignment: Please pick up a packet of materials for the first class from Davon May in Room 244. Read through this packet and come to class prepared to discuss the methods of persuasion used by Martin Luther King in Letter From a Birmingham Jail and Bryan Garner in his Brief in Support of a Motion for Summary Judgment. Pay special attention to these authors' uses of Aristotle's Modes of Persuasion. Think of other effective persuaders; come to class with an example from history of a particularly persuasive speech or document.8/23/01 - Review of Research & Writing Basics
Assignment: Read pp. 171-250 in the Rambo text, Legal Writing By Design. Be prepared to discuss your recent research and writing experiences and, in particular, any questions you have about researching this semester's problem. Leah Sandwell-Weiss, our librarian, will be present to answer your research questions and set up times to meet with each of you individually regarding research issues.8/30/01 - Intro to Appellate Advocacy and the Appellate Brief
Assignment: Read pp. 329-351 in the Rambo text, Legal Writing By Design. Your research questions will be addressed by Leah Sandwell-Weiss and we will discuss Writing Basics, including a review of the editing passage handed out last week. We will also discuss the appellate process and appellate briefs.9/6/01 - No class
Use this week to attend Oral Appellate Arguments
Division 2 Arizona Court of Appeals Schedule9/13/01 - No class
Outlines DUE 9/10/01 at 10:00am in my box in the Faculty Mailroom.9/20/01 - No Assignment; we will do In-Class Writing Exercises
Individual meetings this week to go over Outlines (sign up by e-mail or in 8/30/01 class). Click here to view the schedule.
Assignment: Read pp. 353-400 in the Rambo text, Legal Writing By Design. We will discuss your questions regarding the reading materials, but the bulk of class time will be spent on addressing this semester's problem and your approach to briefing the issues.10/4/01 - No class
Use this week to attend Oral Appellate Arguments10/11/01 - No class
First Draft DUE 10/1/01 at 10:00am in my box in the Faculty Mailroom.
Individual meetings this week to go over First Draft (sign up by e-mail or in class).10/18/01 - ALWD Refresher (Please bring your ALWD manual to class).
Assignment: Read pp. 1-77 in The Little Book on Oral Argument. We will discuss highlights from this text and answer your questions about oral argument. Today's class will be from 10:00am - 10:50am. You will be attending the remainder of this week's class on Friday, October 26 from 12:00pm - 12:50pm in Rm. 140 to hear guest speaker, Joe Parkhurst. Mr. Parkhurst is an attorney with the Criminal Appeals section of the Arizona Attorney General's office.11/1/01 - Peer Editing Discussion
Assignment: Come to class prepared to discuss the editing process, including things you like and dislike about editing styles you've experienced as a writer in the past.
Second Draft DUE 11/1/01 at 10:00am. One copy each to professor, peer editor, and opposing counsel.11/8/01 - No class
Peer Edit DUE 11/8/01 at 10:00am. Original to author and copy to professor.11/15/01 - Final class
Individual meetings this week to go over Second Draft (sign up by e-mail or in class).
Practice and Final Oral Arguments will occur between November 8th and November 19th - Schedule to be announced.
Oral Argument Reaction Papers DUE 11/16/01 at 10:00am in my box in the Faculty Mailroom.
Appellate Brief Final Draft DUE 11/30/01 at 10:00am in my box in the Faculty Mailroom.