What Is the LII Supreme Court Bulletin and How Can I Subscribe?

The LII Supreme Court Bulletin is a publication from the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School that previews upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases. It appears on law.cornell.edu under LII's "Original Content" — material LII writes itself, as opposed to the primary sources it republishes. If you want advance, plain-language context on cases before the Court decides them, the Bulletin is the relevant LII resource, and LII maintains a subscription page for it.

What the Bulletin covers

The Bulletin publishes previews of upcoming Supreme Court cases — background and framing of the issues before the Court, rather than the opinions themselves. LII's homepage lists current previews as examples of its original content, including Mullin v. Doe and Trump v. Barbara.

That places the Bulletin alongside LII's other original materials — the Wex Legal Dictionary and Encyclopedia, the Congressional Research Service's U.S. Constitution Annotated, and Introduction to Basic Legal Citation — and distinct from its primary-source collections (Constitution, U.S. Code, C.F.R., Federal Rules, state law).

How to subscribe

LII provides a subscription page for the Bulletin at:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/subscribe

The page is titled "LII Supreme Court Bulletin." Open it and follow the sign-up instructions there. LII's stated mission is to publish law online for free, and the Bulletin is presented as part of that free original content; the subscription page is the authoritative place to confirm current terms, delivery format, and frequency, since LII does not spell those out on its homepage.

Why use it

• Timing: previews arrive before the Court rules, so you get context ahead of the decision.
• Framing: the Bulletin is written to help people understand the law, matching LII's goal of creating explanatory materials.
• Placement: it sits within LII's original content, so it is editorial context, not an official court document — pair it with the primary sources LII also hosts when you need the authoritative text.

Related LII resources

For a fuller picture of what LII publishes and which primary sources it hosts, see the related questions on LII's original content and its primary legal sources.