Appellate Brief And Oral Argument Assignment

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To: Basic Legal Skills - Writing Students From: Professor Noble Nacev Date: February 2014 Re: Appellate Brief and Oral Argument Assignment ----------------------------------------------------------------- Please write an Appellate brief and later prepare an oral argument based on these Appellate Brief Problem documents posted on TWEN. Each student will write a brief addressing all pertinent issues. During class 6 you will decide which party you will represent; you will write your brief and argue the case from the point of view of your client. You will also identify your co-counsel and opposing counsel at that time. Discussions with the members of your “law firm,” as well as with the rest of the class, will provide you with opportunities to test the strengths and weaknesses of your arguments and to anticipate and rebut counter arguments. However, please be certain to follow the guidelines in your syllabus and the Basic Legal Skills – Writing, Student Manual, posted on TWEN, requiring that your research and writing be your own. The Appellate Brief Problem documents posted on TWEN comprise the official record and have all the information you need to research and write your briefs. Please cite directly to these documents in your Statements of the Case and in your Arguments. Cite as: (R. at ___ ). if incorporated within a sentence; cite as (R. at ____.) if cited as a parenthetical following a sentence. See Bluebook B7.1.2 on page 20 and the TWEN posting entitled Record References Illustrated. Note the placement of the period. (The meaning of the “see” signal and other signals will be the subject of class discussion.) Use the page numbers in the Appellate Brief Problem documents as the pages of the record on wh... ... middle of paper ... ...strict of Ohtucky Noel Nonesuch ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Civil No.CV13-1653 v. ) ) Mid-Waters Marina, Inc., ) ) Defendant. ) NOTICE OF APPEAL Notice is hereby given that Noel Nonesuch hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Middle Circuit from the final judgment entered in this action on the 2nd day of January, 2014. Filed: January 4, 2014 _________________________________ Attorney for Noel Nonesuch, Plaintiff (NOTE: The appeal is pending before the United States Circuit Court for the Middle Circuit. The docket number assigned to this case on appeal is: 14-12)

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