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Advanced Constitutional Law

Factum Instruction

David Stratas, Heenan Blaikie LLP

October 5, 2007

Tab No.:

1. Power Point Presentation

2. Sample Factum: an example of high synthesis and high compression

3. Sample Moving Party’s Factum (Motion)

4. Sample Appellant’s Factum: Application for Leave to Appeal

5. Sample Respondent’s Factum: Application for Leave to Appeal

6. Sample Factums: The Merits – A B C

7. Sample Appellant’s Factum: Development of the Facts

8. Sample Respondent’s Introduction

9. Winning the “Battle of Controlling Ideas”

10. Compressing an Argument: Making the Point Quickly

11. Lists

12. Coherence

13. Block Quotations

14. Charts and Diagrams

15. Dealing with Fuzzy Authorities

16. Dealing with Mischaracterizations

17. Dealing with the Lying Adversary

18. Dealing with the Confused Adversary

19. Some factum writing suggestions

20. Walking on Thin Ice