Prepare a legal brief on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000) which is attached as a PDF document.
The case brief will be graded on the attached rubric. Please carefully review the rubric before you start the assignment.
By briefing a case, you are reading the entire court opinion then summarizing it into your own words so that the important information from the brief is easier to understand and remember.
Legal case names should be done in standard “Blue Book” format. Example:
York v. Smith, 65 U.S. 294 (1995). For further information see http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation and look under the “How to Cite” section. In addition see the web resource section for this course and click on the folder marked “how to brief a case”.
In your brief, answer the following questions using the IRAC method. Please go to the following web site for help with IRAC Format
www.lawnerds.com/guide/irac.html
Please use the separate sections of the IRAC format to include:
FACTS:
ISSUE:
RULE:
ANALYSIS:
CONCLUSION:
Your brief should be 2 pages in length. It should be done using the IRAC method.