What am I actually supposed to do?
Read the passage, then type it out yourself, word for word. That's the whole
exercise. Copying slowly is how you start to notice the word choices, rhythm,
and structure that make the writing work.
Why am I copying instead of writing my own?
Because you learn a craft by doing it with a master's work in front of you — the
way musicians copy scores and painters copy paintings. Great writers from
Benjamin Franklin to Jack London learned this way. Copying first builds the
instinct you'll use in your own writing later.
Is this timed? Am I being graded?
No. There's no score, no speed test, no accuracy check. The only thing tracked is
your consistency — the days you show up to practice.
What are tracks?
Each track is a kind of legal writing — the Argument, the Statement of Facts, the
Summary of Argument, the opening roadmap. Each teaches a distinct skill. Pick one
to focus on, or use "Start here" if you're not sure.
What's the streak?
It counts the days you start a practice session — that's it. It rewards showing up,
not how much you do. Miss a day and nothing is lost; just come back.
What is the outline beside the passage?
It's a map of the brief you're reading, in order, from the question presented to
the conclusion; the highlighted mark is where you are. Indented marks are
arguments nested inside the section above them, like a table of contents — on a
narrow screen or in the stacked layout the same outline runs left to right
instead, and nesting shows as width. Either way it shows nesting, never length,
and nothing on it measures your progress. Faded marks are parts you won't be
asked to copy, like the jurisdiction statement or the conclusion. It isn't
clickable: anything you've typed is kept only while you stay on the passage.
Where do the passages come from?
Real briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the lawyers who argue for the
United States — widely regarded as the finest appellate writing in the country,
written by humans, before AI.