Case briefing has a long history in legal studies as a tried-and-true method for reviewing and analyzing judicial opinions. Whether you’re a law student attempting to master case briefing, or a lawyer ...

Legal education company Studicata has just launched an innovative AI initiative that puts 60,000 briefs based on the most important legal cases assigned in law school at the fingertips of law students ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and ...

In recent years, the number of amicus briefs submitted to the Supreme Court, as well as to the lower courts, has increased. Generally, at the beginning of every brief is a "Statement of Interest," ...

This brief is a summary of a research paper authored by Amanda King, a third-year Case Western Reserve University law student, founder of “Shooting Without Bullets” and member of the Cleveland ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. It’s the age-old question: Does the Supreme Court decide its cases based on rank partisanship rather than legal principles?

Writing a strong closing brief is one of the most important steps in the arbitration process. The final submission to the arbitrator offers counsel an opportunity to focus on the key issues and ...

Students in Case Western Reserve’s Appellate Litigation Clinic capped off their semester with two major filings: a 60-page brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in a habeas ...

A “friend of the court” or amicus, brief is filed by someone not a direct party to the case, but who has an interest in its outcome. These briefs seek to supplement the merits briefs by offering the ...

“These case law quotations are the bread and butter of winning appeals if argued correctly.” The first two articles of this series focused on convincing your clients to file more appeals and ...

A judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has questioned an attorney over fictitious cases cited in his briefs. (U.S. General Services Administration file photo) A Washington, D ...