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Secondary & Practice Guides: Appeals/Appellate Procedure

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Appeals/Appellate Procedure

See Also: Trial Technique/Advocacy

Appellate practice compendium. Dana Livingston, ed. (ABA, c2012)  KF 9050 .A944 2012

Federal appellate practice guide, Ninth Circuit. Ulrich, Thompson, and Kessler, P.C.; Sidley and Austin. (Lawyers Coop. Pub., 1994- ) KF 9054 9th. F43

Federal ninth circuit civil appellate practice. Dorothy W. Nelson, Christopher A. Goelz, Meredith J. Watts. (Rutter Group, 1995- )  KF 9054 9th .N44 (Reserve)

How to handle an appeal, 4th ed. Herbert Monte Levy. (PLI, 1999- )  KF 9050 .L4 1999 Online access via PLI Plus

A practical guide to appellate advocacy, 4th ed. Mary Beth Beazley. (Aspen Publishers, c2014)  KF 251 .B42 2014

A practitioner's guide to appellate advocacy. Anne Marie Lofaso, ed. (ABA, Section on Litigation, c2010)  KF 9050 .P73 2010

Principles of appellate litigation: a guide to modern practiceMark D. Harris.  (PLI, c2022)  Online access via PLI Plus

Supreme Court practice: for practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, 10th ed. (BNA, 2007-)  KF 9057 .S8 2013 (Reserve)

Winning an appeal: a basic primer for law students and new lawyers, 5th ed.  Myron Moskovitz.  (Carolina Academic Press, c2016) KF 9050 .M63 2016

Winning on appeal: better briefs and oral argument, 2nd ed. Ruggero J. Aldisert. (National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2003)  KF 9050 .A935 2003

California:

Appeals and writs in criminal cases. 3rd ed. Sarah H. Ruddy. (CEB, c2007- )  KFC 1174 .F582

California civil appellate practice, 3rd ed. Mitchell E. Abbott, et al. (CEB, c1996- )  KFC 1075 .C352

California practice guide. Civil appeals and writs. Jon B. Eisenberg, et al. (Rutter Group, 1989- )  KFC 1075 .E47 (Reserve) & Westlaw subscription database (ID/password required)*

Handling civil appeals: here's how and when to do it. Robert M. Dato. CEB Action Guide. (CEB, c2023)  KFC 995 .A1 C34 (Reserve & Online via CEB OnLaw)

Handling civil writs in the courts of appeal: here's how and when to do it.  Sharon Baumgold. Judge's perspective, the Honorable James R. Lambden (ret.). (CEB, c2022)  KFC 995.A1 C34 (Reserve & and Online via CEB OnLaw)

*NOTE: UCLA School of Law provides Bloomberg Law, Lexis and Westlaw accounts to UCLA Law School students, faculty, and staff only.