Winning on Appeal: Better Briefs and Oral Argument.

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by Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert

Since it was first published more than a decade ago, Winning on Appeal: Better Briefs and Oral Argument by Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert has been adopted by many law schools for appellate advocacy courses.

In the second edition, Judge Aldisert reorganizes the book, expanding the first edition's 17 chapters to 25. Aldisert creates an instructive how-to manual for the appellate advocate, maintaining the format of part 1 of the book, "The Theory and Criticisms of Written and Oral Appellate Advocacy."

Part 2, "Technical Requirements for Briefs," contains a chapter on jurisdiction as well as issue preservation and standards of review.

The major revisions from the first edition appear in parts 3 and 4 of this new edition. Aldisert designed the chapters in these sections to identify discrete requirements for an effective brief or argument, and to explain...