This seminar will focus on eight cases pending before the United States Supreme Court. Each student will write a petition for certiorari based on the opinion in the Court of Appeals, and the students will vote on which cases to hear. Then each student will be assigned to one side of one case to prepare a brief and present an oral argument. Students will sit as Justices to hear the arguments and write opinions based on the briefs and arguments. We will talk about litigation strategy and persuasive writing, but also about the substance of the cases under review.