How Do You Write A Legal Case Brief?
As a paralegal or legal assistant, you may have to brief a legal case for an attorney. A case brief is a one page review whose purpose is to provide the attorney with an example of how a court has previously decided on a certain type of case. This provides the attorney with a sort of guide as to how they should proceed. Use the Case name and court citation as the title. Example: Cruse V. Aden, 20 N.E. 73 (Ill. 1889) Facts Include all pertinent facts. You want to label each section of the brief after the title. The section for the facts you want to label as “Facts”. Here you should write one paragraph of the facts and nothing but the facts. You should include who sued who and what for. Explain the event which caused the suit and under which law the suit was brought to court. Explain how the particular situation of the suit fits into the law it was brought to court under. Example: Facts Julia Ann Cruse sued Adde Aden, her husband’s friend, for serving two alcoholic drinks to her husband;
