How to Succeed in Appellate Writing and Advocacy
While Appellate Writing and Advocacy (AWA) is a challenging class, it provides law students with the fundamental skills necessary for written and oral advocacy. I spoke with 3Ls who had AWA last fall to get their suggestions for current AWA students on how to succeed in AWA, both writing the brief and doing oral argument. Current AWA students, here are some tips for you. During the writing process, Luis Gutierrez suggests that good topic sentences are a great way to…