Produces detailed law-school case briefs of United States judicial opinions in a fixed nine-section structure: memory jogger, facts, procedural history, judicial votes, holding, opinion-by-opinion analysis, five future-application hypotheticals, critique, and verified key quotations. Also builds vote tables, cross-case consistency tables, perspective-based critiques, and LaTeX in article, Beamer and casebook-chapter formats.
SkillScore59Maintained
Automatic
◆Legal & Contracts pack
Last verified 8/16/2026
What it changes
Passed 9 of 15 test cases with the skill, and 8 of 15 without it.
Without skill55%
With skill59%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Includes exactly 5 hypothetical scenarios in total.
Labels quotes or citations in the text as unverified.
States at the top of the output that web search was unavailable.
and 5 more in the full report
6 fixed7 passed either way4 still failing5 broke
Pass-rate lift
+5 pp
Tokens
+43%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-8%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/16/2026v113 of 22 cases passed with skill · 15 comparable
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 6 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 6
Prompt
Write the opening memory jogger section for a study brief on *District of Columbia v. Heller*.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Captures the case's core holding or essential facts in exactly one sentence.
Missed
Passed
case-15 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/16/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md182 linessingle file
Case Briefer
Deliver detailed case briefs with comprehensive analysis, examples, and critique for law
students and professors.
Core Case Brief Structure
Every case brief includes these 9 sections:
1. Memory Jogger
One sentence capturing the case's essence — its facts, central holding, or most salient
feature.
Example for Carolene Products: "Footnote 4 establishes justification for tiers of
scrutiny."
2. Detailed Case Facts
Include:
Key facts giving rise to the dispute
Relevant statutes, regulations, or constitutional provisions
Explain the statutory scheme and specific provisions challenged
Historical or political context when relevant
3. Procedural History
Focus on procedural aspects relevant to disposition:
Lower court rulings and reasoning
Basis for appeal
Note distinctions like "the court did not rule plaintiffs prevailed, merely that they pled
enough to survive a motion to dismiss"
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