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Summing It Up With Panache: Framing A Brief's Summary Of The Argument, 48 J. Marshall L. Rev. 991 (2015), Judith Fischer

UIC Law Review

Experts have called an appellate brief’s summary of the argument section “the most important part of a brief,” its “structural centerpiece,” and “your first serious opportunity to argue the merits of your appeal.” Two theories, framing theory and priming theory, help explain why the summary is so important. Framing theorists define a frame as a mental structure that provides a lens through which a recipient will “locate, perceive, identify, and label” an experience. The way a point is framed affects what readers focus on when forming their opinions. A similar concept, priming theory, holds that exposing a reader to chosen …

Law And The Argumentative Theory, 90 Or. L. Rev. 837 (2012), Timothy P. O'Neill

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

Like many law professors, I have coached my share of moot court teams. As you probably know, in most competitions students either choose or are assigned one side of the case to brief. But for the oral argument segment of the competition, students must argue both sides of the case, “on-brief” and “off-brief,” often in alternate rounds.

At the end of a competition, with their heads still swimming with arguments and counterarguments, students will sometimes ask, “OK, so can you tell us which is the correct side?” I always say, “Of course I can. . . . The correct side …

American Family Law In The Age Of Aids: An Annotated Bibliography, 24 J. Marshall L. Rev. 625 (1991), John R. Austin, Rebecca S. Trammell

UIC Law Review

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Brief For Respondent, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 983 (1988), Matthew W. Nakon, Laura J. Steffe, Steven R. Yoo

UIC Law Review

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Brief For Petitioner, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 955 (1988), L. Lee Byrd, Yvonne T. Griffin, G. Rodney Young

UIC Law Review

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