What is a Case Brief? (and How to Use Them In Law School) 

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my professor actually grades participation, as he states if one is "obviously unprepared", then your grade is dropped 1/3 of a letter

Tests are not what you expect. I'm a software dev. Aspiring devs don't face anything as weird as law school, but they do face tests. I moved the week I took the GREs. In moving I lost my practice tests. In desperation I spent my time solving British logic puzzles. I remember solving puzzles amid a sea of cardboard boxs. It turned out that the logic section was EXACTLY like those puzzles. I nailed the test.

My law school is actually slowly departing from the “final is the whole grade” standard and is starting to take other things like participation into account. Granted the final still is far and away the heaviest weighted part.

I don't plan on going to law school, I just find law really interesting so I watch all your vids

😩 the discount expired but I’m definitely taking your classes during winter break! If these videos are a fraction of it I can already see how helpful it truly is.

Asking things from you until you fail is also something that they will do to you in the military. The higher your rank the more it happens. This is to add stress to you. With this you will understand what is important and what is not, and when you don’t know something it’s not that you failed it’s that information just wasn’t important. One of the hardest things to do sometimes is to say “No” to someone with more power than you however in the military and it looks like also in law it is something that has to be done. In fact a lot of times when you finally say “No” the instructor is really thinking “Good Job” Good job Eagle. Also I love your videos. Sorry I don’t want to be a lawyer or work in law. However I do believe that I would have been good at it.

Im so glad you're back to uploading! Keep it up!

I'm studying Law in my hometown college (in India), And Just watch your videos to get the glimpse of Legal profession in the United States.

This video is amazing. Thank you for making this!

I always vastly preferred classes where I could largely get by through understanding the concepts being taught, as opposed to classes that required a lot of rote memorization. History class was a bit different for me, because I was able to sort of remember an understanding of why different things happened and use that to help me remember WHAT happened, but in general, I hate meaningless memorization that feels like it serves no real purpose ("feels" being the key word there; I know it may be needed for some classes, but that doesn't mean I have to like it). That, plus the amount of work required in such a short frame of time, makes law school sound like it would be a nightmare for me; I'm glad I'm not going that route.

This really helps, thank you!

Nice vid! Keep it up!

If I follow the method in this video..how will I know enough about the case to answer a cold call? Would the 3 step method provide me with enough info about the case to answer the questions? Would I be prepared for class? I love that it is simple, short and effective for the exam.

Had to do a briefing for my Env Health Law class 😅

I wish I saw this while I was in my judicial branch class

For us in Fiji, the University I am in Class participation is a form of assessment. We are graded for our participation in class and if we can answer tutorial questions.

Thank you for that. I used it in my Common Law lessons /Despite we have Continental Law in the Czech Republic/. Very useful.

A case brief is a torture device used on paralegals by lawyers. Writing briefs is one of the primary jobs of a paralegal, so the lawyers don't have to do the research themselves.

So the ABA has accredited the first online law school. My dream is to become a lawyer, but I’m in my mid-30’s with a daughter that I fought for, and won, a custody battle to keep her in town/state. I’m in my third year of my 2nd undergrad degree to hopefully get into law school. I can’t move (law school is 2 hrs away) so should I look more heavily into online school or would I better be suited to commute every other week when I have my daughter. Moving relinquishes my argument of keeping my daughter near me so I have to do what’s a) best for her and b) the best method of becoming a good attorney given the circumstances I find myself in. Is commuting 4 hours both ways better than online schooling???

he forgot the "why do I get depressed by them"

Starting my first semester of law school this fall. Been watching your videos to prepare myself. What are your thoughts on working while in law school? Should it be avoided altogether, or is it possible to work part time while going to law school full time?

Are the 3-point briefs put into the outline? Or should I keep them separate? Is it useful to keep a separate digital notebook of all these 3-point case briefs?

hey there! I was wondering even if I'm not a law school student (I'm a psychology major.) can I still learn about this stuff?

The 'Free guide' is no longer available. Still advertised, including the text for the link, despite it no longer providing the guide.

Can u do a video on what majors will help you before attending law school

I liked the video before watching it!

OMG THANK YOU! Great video. So I'm thinking about double majoring on political science and history but idk how much that would help in law school. I guess my question is : what's the best major to prepare me for law school and is it a good idea to double major?

I tried to use your "FREE" case brief guide but it just took me to your sales page.

I'm only a month into my law degree and it's so stressing😔 Also I'm trying to access the document in the description box and I'm not having any luck.

im starting to think that the australian law school system might be better. generally, we learn the law and the important cases in lecture and how those important cases were used and then sometimes the issues surrounding those cases and how it might be contentious. and then in seminars we apply the law to a hypothetical using the cases (where we are only normally expected to read the important pages where the material facts are outlined and the reasoning on the judgment) but we aren't cold called, or rarely ever. we also use case summaries that contains the material facts, the issues for the court and the reasoning of the judgement. they are like maximum a page long and only for the most important cases

Still need that video on summer associate jobs 🤙🏻

The link isn’t working for the guide. It keeps saying something went wrong it’s been logged as an issue. Do you have another link?

I'm studying to be a paralegal so I was here for the briefing lol. That is my grade.

I never was very professional... A case brief may make a brief case, but they still might be big enough to need a briefcase!

I find the cases interesting even though I disagree with some of the decisions.

Have to admit, the more I watch of this stuff, the more fascinating I find it. I can actually imagine trying to pass my state bar just to ensure that I understand it, at least academically. I have *NO* desire to practice it though. None! Make me dress up in a suit? Not gonna happen. Not even if it's a reealllly good suit. Sorry!

Doing this now for my paralegal certificate and the whole time I'm thinking I should just be in law school.

What was your undergraduate major? Also what motivated you to go to law school?

Do you have to store your case briefs in a brief case at all times, or is it only needed for transportation?

It seems like you can skip reading cases and only focus on mastering the law. I get that the flipped case method will help save time, but is it possible to crush your finals without reading the cases?

there is no link for the 3 point case brief!

I read the “what’s the deal with case briefs” like Jerry Seinfeld

Wow competitive high school and college debate really borrowed so many legal terms from cases and briefs to cross examination

I'm unable to download the free guide. Please help.

Why read the case book when you can read the supplemental case briefs for a particular casebook instead?

If only I would have found this video before my assignment was due. I did it completely wrong and received a big 0.

I'm dyslexic. I thought this was about how to be stylish with brief cases

ability to think reason choose does not give rise to question; but ability to form a question; know to question is what separates us; from democracy; we not democracy we are republic; and its the question before the court gives rise to ruling; not ability to reason think and choose; but ability to know to ask; ability to reason think and choose; does not give rise to know to question; we dont know what to ask; but we know what to choose; choose is lower intelligence; ask has higher bar; thus ask must rise above choose; choose must subsume under ask; i.e. choose is inferior; to ask; with certainty;

I was informed that case briefing is more important than studing statues. That you can read each law but unless you know how to apply the law your not going to be to effective.

I could not get the free ebook. felt cheated.

I love how at the end of the video he says " Who wrote this crap!" Seriously and were to believe anything you say now?

OBJECTION! Early on in the video, you indicated that you appeal directly to the Court of Appeals, which to my understanding (granted I’m still in school) is wrong. Assuming you’re referring to New York (considering the Court of Appeals only exists in N.Y.) you appeal directly to the Appellate Division if of course, your case is not from the 1st or 2nd Department as they would appeal to the Appellate Term. You have the request “Leave to Appeal” to appeal to the Court of Appeals.

So, do you even need to buy Case books? If the law school provides you with Westlaw, then you don't need to get the case books?

You "free link" never downloaded anything. It simply allowed you to put me on your mailing list and sent me to a marketing page where you're selling classes.

what if class participation DOES count for something 0_O? Im getting my syllabi early, and I see some do have that as a grading element

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I can’t even figure out briefcase

One word: Quimbee.

What are some cool cases to read?

case brief cannot be used in trial; as evidence rising from issues from incident; but case brief is tool to create road map and bench mark; for destination; if complaint is not based on such road map and bench mark; it cannot succeed; it is 100% certainty case will be lost; due to lack of wire frame construct of constitutional cogniscendi; in reasoning and logic; which is a must; in all complaint based lawsuit; and could be argued those are hypothetical and could not be any usefulness in any of hypothetical; but without dry run; to repeat the tried case; and repetition of dry run; because schooling is in two parts; transfer of knowledge; and repetition for familiarity eventual absorption; to create individual understanding of each case; from Chisholm v Georgia in how supreme court asserted its power under title III; in infancy of our country to rise of Plessy v Ferguson where court raised inanimate object as human; equal to rest of us; leading to civil rights movement; which without these understanding of its precedence; course of nation would be static, not vibrant advancements in protection of each individual because court is last defense for we the people; and protection of the nation for determining course of nation under constitution; not for progress but advancement of society;

Did you take a gap year before law school? What are your general thoughts on doing so?

It is your outline that is key in law school. Case briefs are super useless.

class participation does not account for anything in grades a student may get; but how high rung of social convention platform based wealth or achievements social status one may desire to reach; but without class participation professor could not discern mental structural wiring taking place while progression of perennials take place; thus basic idea case brief bases induction method is to be true in republic than democracy; then greatest participation would result greatest improvements in mental structure wiring formation; affirmation; thus becomes thinking like lawyer come to exist; as shown in TV series Paper Chase;

Another pull to sign up and pay for information. making it look like you want to share valuable information to help students, yet only give vague information and stating that there is a link below but there is nothing there, braging about a system that you have but ask for 1000$ from struggling students to pay, waste of 10 minutes

case briefing students are compel to read could be unnecessary; why not just get cliff note; why not get Wikipedia summary; but if that is how student progress through perennials in law school resulting 4.0 valedictorian speech at graduation will be nothing but Wikipedia or cliff note platform; and while person may had his or her 15min fame; when reality hits; cliff note could not show student Terry v Ohio officer said "any black man at that time of the day on that street is up to no good"; thus our Terry stop is based on racial profiling just happen to lucked out; by chance than Terry being sound legal argument which should stand as pillar of legal convention; stood in test of time; or right to know law; McBoyle v US where man stole airplane but he was charged for 'surface going vehicle'; meaning car; court ruled; when word 'airplane' is air going vehicle is known to both public and congress; to man be charged under surface going vehicle as airplane; then such should be made known far and wide; court did not rule; he cannot be charged because law was not on the book; court said when there is perversity by law; such is will of congress; then congress should make such known far and wide; because it is not possible under constitution how man who stole airplane could be charged under constitution as stolen a car; i.e. surface going vehicle; thus failure to uphold constitution taken place; because all ruling of court must be constitution ipso facto in the prior ordo cogniscendi; as original jurisdiction; in determinate of where it came from where can it go by how; because if law is precedence; then as all roads lead to Rome; all precedence must lead to constitution; in that in the end when ruling is done; as proof in math; this is how our constitution is upheld; thus affirms our constitution; not deviant; or perverse ruling off of thin air as in Brown v Board of Education; how disparity in dollar amount; get ruled; bussing poor students to rich student's school is proper remedy; than simply make up disparity in equal representation via equal protection under the law; would be never ascertained and would not be challenged; in court of law; and undo as in Sanford v Dred Scott; so that equality may exist amongst proven disparity to be inclusive as stated in preamble of constitution 'we the people'; because America is not democracy we do not create disparity by will of majority; we do not exterminate Jews catholic as will of majority; just because Jews, catholic are not recognized; under the constitution; or Chinese; blacks; women; because they are not majority to be discard by will of majority as democracy dictate; but republic; we the people; we each count; protected under secure in their persons; and effects democracy may not breach in best of the days; so that in America lawyers will know to argue; democracy is unconstitutional; unamerican; democracy do not need equal representation; due process of the law; to be equally protected under the law; but republic does; our framers of constitution created; and died for; to be preserved protect; from democracy;

These teaser videos are a waste of time.

should law student be saved from 100s hours not if 1000s hours of reading? because doesn't reading give rise to think; and ability to think and question sign of intelligence? not able to question; but reason out is detrimental to our world; not if existence of humanity; intelligence is what got us here; intelligence will what lead us to future; reasoning lacks question; question is final destiny of all people in the republic; not to reason choose; but question; its the question that drive us; formation of question; ability to form a question; know to ask question; is what separates us from the rest of the life form; and we are who we are; the dominant life form;