Just Briefs: Preparing for Practice, Fifth Edition

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Just Briefs: Preparing for Practice, Fifth Edition, features the authors’ famously effective step-by-step approach to writing both motion briefs and appellate briefs and to presenting an effective oral argument. Using numerous examples, Just Briefs walks students through the process of identifying arguments and a theory of the case, selecting an organizational scheme, presenting the facts, issues, and law in a light favorable to their client, and countering the other side’s arguments. Included in the book are annotated examples of briefs in support and opposition to a motion for summary judgment and appellate briefs on a federal issue.

New to the Fifth Edition:

• Updated and expanded sections on bias-free language throughout the book.
• Updates and advice about the use of Generative AI in the legal writing classroom and the practice of law.
• Revised sample briefs.

Professors and students will benefit from:

• The authors’ trademark straightforward, step-by-step approach.
• Helpful examples of motion and appellate briefs.
• Ideas about how to present an effective oral argument.
• Federal rules and samples of federal briefs, valuable resources for participants in moot court competitions.
• Practice Pointers that offer real-world advice for writing persuasive briefs.