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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 rubric found in the student resources section under case brief. 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".


Note: since the purpose to is highlight and summarize key information, merely copying and pasting from the case does not accomplish this goal. You must summarize the facts in your own words, using quotations sparingly.