Worth it to buy casebriefs keyed to book? If so, which ones? Forum

[wiseguy33]

I'm specifically asking re: Prosser's Torts (Casenotes) and Dawson's Contracts (Casenotes, Legalines, or West).

Supplements I already have: Glannon's E&E on Torts, Emmanuel's keyed to Prosser's Torts, and Chirelstein on Contracts.

Is it worth it to buy the commercial casebriefs as well? If so, which ones?

Thanks in advance.

[NYC Law]

Why not just use the free ones on west?

[JazzOne]

Why not just use the free ones on west?

+1

I've used Westlaw to make every outline in law school. For some classes, I never even read the case book.

[nelaw2010]

Why not just use the free ones on west?

+1

I've used Westlaw to make every outline in law school. For some classes, I never even read the case book.

Just sent you PM. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

[shepdawg]

Why not just use the free ones on west?

2L here who never learned how to find a West case brief. How's that done?

[JazzOne]

Why not just use the free ones on west?

2L here who never learned how to find a West case brief. How's that done?

Are you using the old West? Or do you have WestlawNext?

[shepdawg]

Are you using the old West? Or do you have WestlawNext?

I like Next and use that (unless I have to print)

[JazzOne]

Are you using the old West? Or do you have WestlawNext?

I like Next and use that (unless I have to print)

Huh, this is the first time I've really looked for briefs on Next, and I can't seem to find it. The old Westlaw just had a link at the top of the case that allowed you to see the case brief instead.

However, the case briefs were nothing more than the short description at the top of the case plus the headnotes. Now that I think about it more carefully, I usually use the headnotes to formulate my outlines. I try to find the headnotes that correspond to the points made in the casebook or by my professor.

[wiseguy33]

Sounds like there's a consensus. Thanks all.

[nborders]

I got the casebriefs keyed to my property, contracts, and civ pro classes. Bought them used from Amazon for roughly $12 each. Saves me a bunch of time by not having to brief the cases in those classes. I just wish they made one keyed to my torts casebook.

[leobowski]

Just type the case name into google. 95% of 1L cases have a free brief out there somewhere.

[rawrab]

I use casenote legal briefs keyed to my casebooks and they are the BESTTT. They kick the shit out of crappy free briefs online or even the westlaw/lexisnevis briefs. I would say they're the best supplement I've bought so far.

[LAWYER2]

I agree. For the price you can't go wrong with a brief book keyed to your casebook. Even if it's keyed to a previous edition, generally, you only miss a few added cases which in turn I use Nexis to look up.
Lexis/West don't articulate the issue like the brief books do. However, to each is own.

[Metaread]

Yeah, the Lexis outlines just seem to list the issues, rather than explaining them. Not really helpful, unless I'm missing something. My friends said you can expand each "level" of the outline, but I haven't found the button that does that in CaseNotes just yet. Anyone around to shine a light on this?