/case-brief

1. Load ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md → outline/brief preferences.
2. Apply the workflow below.
3. Brief in the student's format. If drill-me mode: ask the student to state the holding first.

Purpose

A case brief is a tool for remembering what a case does. This skill makes one in your format — the format you'll actually use in your outline.

Confidence discipline

Case briefs state holdings, rules, and reasoning. Getting them wrong turns your outline into a false map. The rule for this skill:

• If you paste the case text: I extract holding/rule/reasoning from what's in front of me. Confident.
• If you only give a case name: I brief from knowledge. Worth a lot less. I flag every line I'm not sure about with [UNCERTAIN: specific reason], and I strongly recommend you confirm against the actual case before putting the brief in your outline. If I don't know the case well enough, I say so.
• If the case has famous-but-contested interpretations: I give the majority read and [VERIFY: check your casebook and professor's framing].