{"product_id":"winning-on-appeal-better-briefs-oral-argument","title":"Winning on Appeal: Better Briefs \u0026 Oral Argument","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince it was first published over a decade ago  Winning on Appeal has been adopted by top-flight law schools for appellate advocacy courses. It also has become a popular desk reference on how to write an effective brief and deliver a persuasive oral argument. In this long-awaited Second Edition  Ruggero J. Aldisert  a forty-year veteran of the federal appeals bench  fundamentally reorganizes the book. By creating twenty-five chapters in place of the previous seventeen  Aldisert creates a wonderfully instructive how-to manual for the appellate advocate and a must volume for those who select appellate advocates. In the Second Edition  Part 1  \"The Theory and Criticisms of Written and Oral Appellate Advocacy \" retains the same format as the earlier editions except that the tables of statistics are updated. The book continues its unique approach by consolidating current empirical data on the odds of prevailing on appeal or having a case orally argued. Part 2  \"Technical Requirements for Briefs\" contains a chapter on jurisdiction as well as a chapter on issue preservation and standards of review. The major revisions to the Second Edition appear in Part 3 and Part 4. Aldisert designed the chapters in these sections to identify discrete requirements for an effective brief or argument  and to explain how to meet these prerequisites. Chapter 23  \"How Top-Flight Appellate Lawyers Prepare\" is new to the Second Edition. This chapter contains advice from outstanding appellate lawyers  true masters in oral advocacy  on how to prepare for oral argument. Throughout the Second Edition of Winning on Appeal  nineteen current chief justices of state courts  nine chief judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals  more than twenty U.S. Circuit judges  and state appellate judges contribute their thoughts on how to write a brief and how to argue a case-information that is not available in any other publication or resource. From cover to cover  Winning on Appeal is the quintessential handbook on how to write a brief and argue an appeal. Like removing the back of a watch to see what makes it tick  this book looks behind the bench in appellate courtrooms and behind chambers doors to expose exactly what the judges want to read and hear from lawyers. In an easy-to-read style  Judge Aldisert draws the perfect roadmap for the attorney who wants to win on appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965922766901,"sku":"ByrdShop_1556818246","price":63.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781556818240.jpg?v=1770549556","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/winning-on-appeal-better-briefs-oral-argument","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}