USER GUIDE (page 12)

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Find this information by brainstorming all 5 spheres of information outlined in Step 5 below. For example, look at the judge’s—

• prior decisions
• speeches
• biographies
• comments in transcripts of argument

For further guidance on identifying and researching your audience, read:

• James L Robertson, ‘Reality on Appeal’ in Priscilla Anne Schwab (ed), Appellate Practice Manual (1992) 179
• Thomas Michael McDonnell, ‘Playing Beyond the Rules: A Realist and Rhetoric-Based Approach to Researching the Law and Solving Legal Problems’ (1998) 67 UMKC Law Review 285
• Ruggero J Aldisert, Winning on Appeal: Better Briefs and Oral Argument (2nd ed, 2003) 206–209
• MD Kirby, ‘Ten Rules of Appellate Advocacy’ (1995) 64 Victorian Bar News 47; (1995) 69 Australian Law Journal 964