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Powerful Appellate & Respondent Briefs: Strategies & Tactics That Work
Audio Conference Recording Price: 199.00 (U.S. Dollars) -
SUMMARY
Perhaps the single most effective tool in your arsenal for appealing a case or defending an appeal is an effective appellate brief. Join us for a 60-minute audio conference where you and your colleagues will discover the techniques to draft appellate briefs more succinctly and persuasively, so you can effectively communicate your argument to judges and your peers.
- How to draft appellate briefs stressing clarity and simplicity
- Subtle tactics that influence the judge's first impression
- How top appellate attorneys clearly & concisely communicate their arguments
- Fatal appellate brief mistakes and how to avoid them
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
In this practical, 60-minute audio conference, you and your colleagues will learn the strategies and tactics to develop and write more effective appellate briefs.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Master The Art of Appellate Brief Writing
- Techniques for writing the statement of the facts with simplicity and relevance
- Statement of the issues: Keys to framing a picture, not a puzzle
- Keys to applying the standard of review to each issue being raised
- Keys to Communicating Your Argument Clearly and Concisely
- Strategies for effectively addressing the weaknesses of your case
- When should you copy your jury speech into an appellate brief?
- Secrets of successful arguments: Persuading without exaggeration
- Keys to Drafting the Respondents Brief: Do's and Don'ts
- What points should you pick apart and leave alone?
- How to make your brief the court's roadmap for its opinion
- Should you agree with the appellant, and if so, when?
- Question and Answer Session - Have your specific appellate brief writing questions answered!
- Master The Art of Appellate Brief Writing
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SPEAKER
Sean M. SeLegue is a director in the Appellate Practice Group of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, where his appellate practice covers a wide variety of substantive fields, such as business disputes, unfair competition, trade secret litigation, real estate litigation and family law. Mr. SeLegue served as a law clerk to Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and is certified as an appellate specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.
- Mr. SeLegue has successfully argued cases in the California Supreme Court, the California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit.
- Mr. SeLegue has spoken nationwide for a variety of institutions and his articles have appeared in the National Law Journal, California Lawyer Magazine and the San Francisco/Los Angeles Daily Journal.
- Mr. SeLegue has been recognized as Northern California Super Lawyer from 2004 through 2009 by Law & Politics, and is also an AV-rated attorney, a peer-awarded honor given by Martindale-Hubbell.
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CLE CREDITS
Continuing Legal Education CLE credit is available for an additional $65 per person in states where teleconferences are accredited
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PROGRAM MATERIALS
The speaker's PowerPoint presentation slides are included with your audio recording purchase. All materials are accessible through the Internet and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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PRICING
$199.00 for audio conference recording (CD or audiotape) and program materials.
This is an outstanding program and therefore we offer purchasers a Money Back Guarantee. We are so confident that you will find the conference valuable that we offer a 100% money back guarantee from now until 30 days after the audio recording is shipped, making this a risk-free investment. Audio recordings will be received approximately three weeks after the live conference.
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