They also present
effective oral arguments to appellate panels.
The savvy and effective lawyer is the one who reads her morning case alert emails, took a CLE on
effective oral arguments the week before, and looked up all the statutes in the complaint she just got from her client just to make sure that nothing has changed since the last time she read those very same statutes.
The thing is, a good roadmap is one of the most important components of
an effective oral argument; it is how you helpfully say to the court here is what the heck I am talking about.
They may prepare for questions by talking through the issues with a colleague, but this does not usually result in
effective oral argument.
Not exact matches
It touts as
effective in handling the ever - increasing caseload the use of extra judicial law clerks in a central unit to research and screen appeals before the
oral arguments.
Dan Himmelfarb earns impressive praise for his «pitch perfect»
oral argument skills and his «
effective brief writing.»
Ms. Wydler has developed an
effective appellate practice for the firm through incisive brief writing and presenting
oral arguments at the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and district courts of appeal in Florida.
However, the SJC said that it will not issue a formal order adopting the rules or set an
effective date until it announces its decision on other proposed changes for which it has scheduled
oral arguments.
And I believe that every appellate judge would agree that, although
effective appellate briefs and
oral arguments are surely desirable, cases on appeal must be decided as the facts and the law compel, even if the less talented advocate wins as a result.
For example, by showing a video of an actual
oral argument by an experienced litigator, we may also be communicating that we expect an equally
effective argument from our novice students.