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Load a case to generate a brief.
Sidebar builds a pre-hearing brief from your live docket — your judge, your opposing counsel, and the history between them. Connect a docket feed or paste a case number to begin.
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Connect your cases
Link an e-filing login, upload a matter list, or add case numbers one at a time.
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Sidebar indexes the docket
Identifies your judge, opposing counsel, motion history, and upcoming deadlines.
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Your brief is ready
One-page pre-hearing read with the pattern, the people, and the playbook.
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What a brief will include
Your judge
Ruling cadence, motion tendencies, and the base rate for the exact type of hearing you're walking into.
Opposing counsel
Their filing style, their history in front of this judge, and how their cases usually end.
The shared history
Every prior matchup between your judge and opposing counsel — motion type, outcome, days to ruling.
Live docket activity
Every new filing, order, and appearance across your cases — posted the moment the clerk does.