Supreme Workhorses: The Justices’ Relative Workloads Over The Past 5 Terms
Which justices write most frequently, and which write the longest opinions?
Elites At Cert
A closer look at elite attorneys’ current success at the Supreme Court cert level, from the beginning of 2018 until the present.
Protégé™ In CourtLink® Explains The Whole Case Faster
Designed to reduce manual docket work by prioritizing what litigators need most: on-demand full docket summarization that explains the whole case to date, followed by on-demand document summaries for filing triage, and AI-powered natural language searching for faster search and retrieval.
The Last Six Years Of Oral Arguments In The Supreme Court
Which lawyers have the greatest chance to appear before the justices?
Does The Supreme Court React To Congressional Preferences?
The relationship between ideological distance and decision-making.
Supreme Court Arguments: A Week 1 Quantitative Recap
Additional context to help understand the justices’ engagement in oral argument, and how they may vote on the merits.
How Well-Written Are Granted Cert Petitions?
So far the Court has granted 26 cases on cert for the upcoming term. Here, we look at these cert petitions based on different measures of writing quality.
What Biglaw Can Learn From Personal Injury Firms
How a former insurance agent built a Houston injury practice around systems, empathy, and disciplined advocacy.
Ninth Circuit Trends In Certifying State Law Questions
With the Supreme Court highlighting the helpfulness of using state court certification procedures, the number of certified state law issues is only likely to increase.
The Supreme Court ‘Shadow Docket’ In The 2020 Term
What the numbers say about cases where a justice authored an opinion related to an order.
Citations To Briefs In Oral Arguments And Opinions
Briefs are the most important component of presenting a Supreme Court case. How are the justices using them?
The US Landscape For Qualified Immunity Decisions
A look at 200 cases from the past year where qualified immunity was identified as a defense.
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Amicus Briefs On The Merits For The 2020 Supreme Court Term
This term alone, groups filed almost 940 amicus briefs on the merits in the 58 argued cases.
The Trajectory Of Civil Cases In Federal Court
How long will a case take to reach resolution?
The Alston Oral Arguments: A Citations-Focused Perspective
The NCAA antitrust case is likely to have major implications for intercollegiate athletics. Here's a look at the cases cited by the attorney-advocates and justices.
Quantifying Litigation Surrounding The Presidential Election
The data on major players and hotbeds for pre-election voting-related cases.
When A Judge Asks You To Make A Corpus-Based Argument, Don’t Say Corpus Linguistics Is Stupid
It’s safe to assume that if judges request corpus-based arguments, they have already concluded that corpus linguistics is a helpful tool — at least in theory.