Spring 2027

Federal Appeals Project

Federal Appeals Project examines federal appellate procedure, criminal law, and advanced legal research to develop strategic and ethical skills for representing clients in federal direct criminal appeals before the Seventh Circuit.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Adam Stevenson

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Practice presenting complex written and oral communication tailored to a specific audience.

  • Develop proficiency in information-gathering for litigation: client interviewing, investigation, issue spotting, and legal research.

  • Examine and interpret a new legal system, understand the mechanisms and actors within it, and how systemic forces shape it.

  • Lay the foundations for a career providing holistic and client-centered representation.

  • Begin developing and defining a professional identity rooted in ethics and equity.

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Declared in Law JD

  • Declared in Law JD
LAW 912

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Student experience

the class

Examine federal appellate procedure, substantive and procedural federal criminal law, and advanced legal research and writing techniques. Emphasis is placed on the strategic and ethical skills required to represent a client in a federal direct criminal appeal, including issue selection, standards of review, record analysis, and persuasive brief writing. Navigate practice before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and use analytical tools essential to effective client-centered appellate advocacy.

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Topics

  • Federal appellate procedure
  • Substantive and procedural federal criminal law
  • Advanced legal research and writing techniques
  • Practice before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Skills

  • Strategic and ethical skills for federal direct criminal appeals, including issue selection, standards of review, record analysis, and persuasive brief writing.
  • Information-gathering for litigation, including client interviewing, investigation, issue spotting, and legal research.
  • Professional identity development rooted in ethics and equity.

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LAW 912 · Spring 2027

Federal Appeals Project

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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