Skill

legalcode-appellate-brief-drafter

Draft appellate briefs for US federal circuit courts (FRAP), US state appellate courts, and UK Court of Appeal proceedings. Use when drafting an opening brief, appellant's brief, appellee's response brief, reply brief, or cross-appeal brief; when structuring grounds of appeal and standard-of-review arguments; when preparing a record appendix or joint appendix; when writing UK skeleton arguments and assembling appeal bundles; or when checking compliance with FRAP Rule 28/32, circuit-specific local rules, or CPR Part 52. Also triggers on "appellate brief," "opening brief," "brief on appeal," "standard of review," "grounds of appeal," "record on appeal," "appellant," "appellee," "skeleton argument," "notice of appeal," "jurisdictional statement," "table of authorities," or "circuit court brief." Covers FRAP Rules 28, 30, and 32; all twelve federal circuits plus the Federal Circuit; California Court of Appeal, New York Appellate Division, Texas courts of appeals, Florida DCA; and UK CPR Part 52, Practice Directions 52A–52E, and UKSC Rules.