243 sec. 002 - Appellate Advocacy (Fall 2023)
Instructor: Scotia J Hicks (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 3
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
TuTh 11:20 AM - 12:35 PM
Location: Law 123
From August 22, 2023
To November 30, 2023
Course End: November 30, 2023
Class Number: 31590
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 12
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 12
As of: 02/07 02:03 PM
Appellate Advocacy is designed to further develop the skills learned in Written and Oral Advocacy - writing and presenting oral argument. The aim of Appellate Advocacy is to provide students an experience closely comparable to appellate practice. Students will write a full brief from a shortened record of a case pending in the California Supreme Court or other appellate court. Students will also prepare, practice and deliver a full oral argument. Students will receive advice and guidance from the instructor and from Practitioner-Advisors who are among the best appellate practitioners in the Bay Area.
The course is graded, with the brief counting as 75% of the grade and oral argument as 25% of the grade. The grade awarded will also reflect the quality and timeliness of interim assignments.
Because this class requires efforts on the part of so many parties - including Practitioner-Advisors, volunteer judges, and opposing counsel - no student will be permitted to drop the class, without an extraordinary reason, after the first week of instruction.
This class requires completion of an introductory Legal Research and Writing course and is therefore open only to rising second and third-year JD students.
Appellate Advocacy will not be offered in the Spring semester.
Scotia Hicks is a partner at the law firm of Ehlert Hicks LLP, where she specializes in appeals and critical motions. Prior to that, she practiced as a litigation attorney with Winston & Strawn LLP for 11 years, where her primary areas of focus were complex commercial litigation and white collar investigations, and she was a member of the Appellate and Critical Motions group. Dr. Hicks has represented clients before state and federal courts of appeal, the California and Ohio Supreme Courts, and the United States Supreme Court.
Dr. Hicks received a B.A., with high honors, in Psychology and East Asian Languages (Japanese) in 1996 from the University of California, Berkeley. She received a M.A. in 2002 and a Ph.D. in Psychology in 2004 from the University of Arizona, where her primary area of research was Criminal Profiling. Dr. Hicks is a 2007 graduate of Berkeley Law, where she was a Notes & Comments Editor for the California Law Review, and a member of the Asian American Law Journal. She was also the Appellate Advocacy Director for the Moot Court Board (now BOA), a national finalist on the National Moot Court Competition team, and a semi-finalist and Best Brief award winner in the McBaine Moot Court Competition.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
Prerequisites:
This class requires completion of an introductory Legal Research and Writing course and is therefore open only to rising second and third-year JD students.
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Requirements Satisfaction:
This class fulfills Option 2 of the J.D. writing requirement for all students in the course. All students must write 30 pages and complete a draft. |
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Exam Notes: (P) Final paper
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Simulation Courses
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Litigation and Procedure
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