Via BoleyBlogs: How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students, Orin S. Kerr, George Washington University – Law School, The GREEN BAG, An Entertaining Journal of Law, Vol 11, No. 1, p. 51, Autumn 2007: “This essay is designed to help new law students prepare for the first few weeks of class. It explains what judicial opinions are, how they are structured, and what law students should look for when reading them.”