LibGuides: 1L Appellate Brief Assistance: 1L Appellate Brief Resources

Handout Resources

For Spring 2022 the following handouts were created by librarians Savanna Nolan, Heather Simmons, and Jason Tubinis to provide step by step assistance to first year students when formatting their 1L Briefs.

TOC Step by Step
This handout walks students step by step, with screen captures along the way, to help students as they format their own 1L Brief.
Page Numbering Step by Step
This handout illustrates through steps and screen captures how to set up proper page numbering and other aspects of your word document for the 1L brief assignment.
MS Word Cheat Sheet
In this handout we share several tips and tricks to make using Word easier. Examples include Paste Special, Format Printer, Navigation Pane, Headings & Styles, and more.
Brief Formatting - model
Sample document for demonstration purposes.

1L Appellate Brief Resources

Formatting the 1L Brief Class Presentations

The following video was recorded live as a part of the Spring 2022 Section Y Legal Writing class.

It was presented on February 22 by Heather Simmons and Jason Tubinis.

You can also watch the Spring 2021 version of this live presentation at: https://youtu.be/FlZFasVKJBE

Bluebooking the 1L Brief Video Playlist

In this series of 3 short videos Law Library Director and legal research instructor TJ Striepe

introduces first year law students to bluebooking for help with their 1L briefs.