Torts (1L)

A collection of case briefs from myself and other 1L colleagues! If you would like to add your briefs to the collection, please message me on Facebook (Jess Miers) or email: miersjessica@gmail.com and I’ll send you the drive link for posting. Assault and Battery Trespass

Contracts (1L)

A collection of case briefs from myself and other 1L colleagues! If you would like to add your briefs to the collection, please message me on Facebook (Jess Miers) or email: miersjessica@gmail.com and I’ll send you the drive link for posting. Remedies Consideration Mutuality Promissory Estoppel  Unjust Enrichment

Sullivan v. O’Connor

https://xkcd.com/738/ Sullivan v. O’Connor Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1973 363 Mass. 579 , 296 N.E.2d 183. My case brief: http://bit.ly/2MDgSgn This is a case about plastic surgery gone terribly wrong. My colleague, Andrew San Jose, brought up an intriguing point: To win this case, you, the lawyer, essentially have to roast your client in front […]

Expectancy, Restitution, Reliance

image: https://xkcd.com/616/ Expectancy, Restitution, and Reliance are probably the scariest words uttered during this past first week of 1L (besides cold call). But they shouldn’t be. Most explanations I’ve seen are ridiculously convoluted. Here’s how it works: Expectancy (Agreement w/Consideration): What would you have received had the contract been completed? Essentially, what did you expect? Restitution […]