Facts, Not Fiction
What are legally significant facts?
When you create a timeline of events in the appellate brief's Statement of the Case, you are using this type of organizational scheme.
What is chronological?
It's the language Gabriella Vasquez grew up speaking in her home.
What is Spanish?
These facts rely on the persuasion pillar of pathos.
What are emotional facts?
The opening paragraph of the Facts section of the Statement of the Case should provide ______ for the reader.
What is context?
The term is often used to describe language used by attorneys in their writing that tends to confuse readers not trained in the law.
What is legalese or legal jargon?
These facts describe the conflict between the parties up to the point at which the case entered the legal system.
What are historical facts?
Point headings in the Statement of Case should be ________, instead of assertive.
What is descriptive?
It's the term used to describe the major player or hero in the "story" of the Facts section.
What is the protagonist?
If they are not in the ___________, then these facts should not be included in the appellate brief's Statement of the Case.
What is the record?
One way to highlight favorable facts is to place them in ________.
What are positions of emphasis?
These three terms describe the main elements of any good story.
What are character, conflict, and resolution?