You will be graded by how well you brief a case and by how prepared you are to discuss the ramifications of the case in class. Accordingly, it is essential and fundamental that you read every case and brief every case. You absolutely must be prepared, in every class that you attend, to thoroughly discuss every case; that means that you must be able to recite a brief of every case in every class, every time! With so many unmemorable cases to remember, the only way that one can be prepared to brief every case every time, is to write out a summary of every case in advance of class. To put it another way, it is the job of every law student to read all of the cases and to summarize (i.e., brief) every case. It is extremely time-consuming to write briefs. Thus, study time must be budgeted accordingly. Here we will explain the long, hard, tried and true methods of briefing a case. …
