Rhetoric and Advocacy

Michael D. Murray; Christy Hallam DeSanctis

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2307103

Rhetoric and Advocacy

Michael D. Murray, Christy Hallam DeSanctis

Rosenberg College of Law

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This is an excerpt of Chapter 2 of Murray and DeSanctis’s, Advanced Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy: Trials, Appeals, and Moot Court (Foundation Press, forthcoming, December 2013). The goal of the chapter is to teach law students to: frame arguments to the best advantage of the client; deliver a persuasive, logical argument by way of its structure, its style of discourse, and its contents; target the values and preferences of the audience through a careful consideration of the emotional impact of the discourse; project competence, mastery of the material, and trustworthiness through the contents of the discourse; and discover the best possible modes of persuasion to address the issues and requirements of the situation at hand.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Advanced Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy: Trials, Appeals, and Moot Court
Editors	Christy H. DeSanctis, Michael D. Murray
Edition	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2307103
State	Published - Aug 8 2013

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rhetoric
advocacy
writing
legal writing
appellate briefs
trial briefs
appellate advocacy

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