Law · Boston College
This course will provide an overview of the basics of appellate procedure and introduce participants to the nuances of appellate writing offering students the opportunity to hone their writing skills in the process.Over the course of the semester, students will research and author their own appellate brief on a fixed record presenting a discrete legal topic. Throughout the drafting process, we will walk through the constituent parts of a brief and describe best practices. Beyond the drafting specifics, the course will introduce students tobig-picture issues in appellate writing. We will cover
