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This work gives you a comprehensive and reliable guide to the preparation and presentation of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court and other appellate courts. Various ways are detailed to master the case record and key court decisions and organize your case. Provided are timesaving checklists and model arguments. Topics covered include approaches to openings, transitions from difficult questions to affirmative points, hypothetical questions, closing the argument, maximizing rebuttal time, and special techiniques of successful appellate atorneys.