Legal Citation for Florida
- Florida Bar Legal CitationsThis link will take you to the webpage for the Florida Bar which provides you with information and examples of how to cite Florida Case Law, Florida Statutes, as well as many other examples.
Legal Briefs
How to Write a Student Legal Brief
There are many templates and formats available on the Internet for writing legal briefs but they usually share a common set of elements:
1. Title and Citation
2. Facts of the Case
3. Issues
4. Decisions (Holdings)
5. Reasoning (Rationale)
6. Separate Opinions
7. Analysis
If you instructor provides an example or template to follow, use it. For a good general guide you can follow this example from The John Jay College of Criminal Justice.