Category: Appellate, 1-Hour or Less Category: Appellate, 1-Hour or Less (show less)

This program is designed to enhance the audience’s skills in researching, drafting, and arguing jurisdictional briefs in state and federal court.  The course will cover the procedural and substantive rules that govern jurisdictional briefing, identify relevant case law that litigators should study and follow, and give advice on common mistakes that practitioners should avoid.  At the end of the program, audience members will be able to ask the panelists questions as part of an interactive Q&A.  

Bryan Gowdy Creed & Gowdy, Jacksonville
Lauren Purdy Gunster's, Jacksonville 
 
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
As a result of attending this session, the learner will be better able to:
 

1. Articulate grounds for invoking appellate court jurisdiction on state and federal rules and precedents;
2. Develop skills for drafting clear, concise, and persuasive jurisdictional briefs, with an emphasis on structuring argument to meet the specific legal standards governing these briefs; 
3. Highlight key holdings from the main jurisdictional precedents;
4. Avoid common mistakes that frequently undermine a party’s jurisdictional arguments.