Business Law - Briefing Court Decisions

Objectives:

• Understand the purpose and components of a court brief.
• Understand how to summarize a court decision effectively.
• Create a brief for a court decision.

Age Level: Late secondary school

National Standards: Complies with NBEA Business Law 2023 Standard I.1.B Analyze the relationship between ethics and the law and describe the law’s sources, the structure of the court system, different classifications of procedural law, and different classifications of substantive law:

I.1.B.21 Summarize how to properly brief a court decision

Materials:

• Handout on how to brief a court decision
• Sample court decisions for students to practice writing briefs