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Court briefs look at court opinions mainly for self-study. This paper looks at the Supreme Court case briefs and the resulting opinions. The supreme court of Virginia V. Friedman case looks at the rational for the admission to the bar in Virginia by Motion where the individual applying to be an attorney must be a permanent residence from Virginia. This is challenged by Friedman who resides in Maryland and wants to practice law in Virginia. This can only be done with regard to the rule of law where everyone is required by law to be treated equally whether resident or nonresident. In the case of discrimination, there should be lawful justification for such. The paper also looks at the Supreme Court case brief between the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) that only accommodated boys thus no equal opportunity in the accommodation of women. The school justifies this because of its adversative method of teaching. As such, the case seeks to know and have persuasive justification for such discrimination because women with greater talent can be given the opportunity to take part in the program. Case brief 1 Name of case: Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman Case Citation:22 Ill.487 U.S. 59, 108 S. Ct. 2260, 101 L. Ed. 2d 56 (1988) Facts: Myrna Friedman place of residence from 1977 to 1986 has been in Virginia during which she was enrolled into the Illinois Bar through admission and the respective Bar from the District of Columbia by way of reciprocity. Edman has been working during the time in both Virginia and Washington D.C, 1977-1982 and 1982-1986 respectively. Her company’s main area of business was based in Virginia, and thus she moved back to Virginia in 1986 to focus on
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