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Phone: (812) 855-1888
E-mail: adlanham [at] indiana [dot] edu
Indiana Law students can build their own plan of study by taking classes from a number of different areas, or they can choose an area of focus.
Description This skills course, designed to work in tandem with the Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition, explores the dynamics and techniques of appellate argument. While it focuses on oral argument as a form of legal advocacy at all levels, the course will also explore brief-writing and the appellate process as a whole. Students will analyze real appellate arguments via video and audio tapes; plan and practice oral arguments through in-class and out-of-class exercises; and learn to critique and improve their own professional performance. Class members must enter and complete the 2013-14 Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition, which is open to all second-year law students and third-year students who could not participate during 2L year because of study abroad. Moot court participants are not required to take the course, but the course should enhance one#s experience in the Competition. The current and past Sherman Minton case problems may be discussed in class. Other course requirements are: preparing for and attending weekly classes; submitting (with a partner) a short brief-formatting assignment early in the semester; completing two evening practice arguments and a follow-up review meeting with the instructor; and writing a self-critique of the practice arguments. There is no final exam. Class readings will be approximately 10 pages per week. Class meets twice a week. Classes will end by Fall Break. Please feel free to contact Prof. Seth Lahn (slahn@indiana.edu) with any questions. (Pass/Fail)
Note This course satisfies the professional skills requirement.
Faculty S. Lahn
| Semester | Title | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2013 - 2014 | Appellate Advocacy | Lahn |
| Fall 2013 - 2014 | Appellate Advocacy | Lahn |
| Fall 2012 - 2013 | Appellate Advocacy | Lahn |
| Fall 2012 - 2013 | Appellate Advocacy | Lahn |
| Fall 2011 - 2012 | Appellate Advocacy | Lahn |
| Fall 2011 - 2012 | Appellate Advocacy | Lahn |
| Fall 2010 - 2011 | Appellate Advocacy | Lahn |
| Fall 2010 - 2011 | Appellate Advocacy | Lahn |
| Fall 2009 - 2010 | Appellate Advocacy (syllabus) | Lahn |
| Fall 2009 - 2010 | Appellate Advocacy (syllabus) | Lahn |
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