Midwest Law Tutorial started as a blog to publish descriptions of legal contexts that are time consuming to review and present in court due to various reasons. Attorneys and lawyers have started publishing their own writing on various legal contexts and invited non-lawyers to comment on their perceptions of these legal situations.
Most legal situations are fairly straight forward and require a short description of the incident, the complaint or grievance, an examination of law, and a determination on how the courts might rule. While a lawyer or attorney can not decide how a judge or jury will apply a law to a certain situation, many circumstances are evident on how the law applies to that situation. It is up to the legal representative to present their parties side of the story so the courts can make an accurate decision.
The most difficult part of a legal request is often explaining what went wrong and what part of a legal process a person is currently in. People often think through all the legal consequences, the evidence they are missing in their favor, how the court hearings will affect their time schedule, and how they don't want to face any legal consequences or other events that may result of those consequences.
This can add a significant amount of time to an interview, scheduling an court hearing, and determining what needs to be presented in the courtroom so that a person can have their side of the story heard before a decision is made.
Legal analysis blogs help with reviewing a hypothetical situation and practicing speaking in plain English. Most courtrooms will not hold a hearing in ancient Latin. They will often use an interpreter or dictionary timeline when there are questions about a laws origin in common law. The blogs are meant to be simple and representative of a 1-2 page analysis. They help with professional development and cover generic situations.
A person seeking legal services may have a more specific situation, there may be other details that aren't included in the blog. Taking several blog posts may cover most of their situation but still leave questions unanswered, or there may be sections of law they are still not familiar with.
While it may seem unreasonable to publish legal blogs for the general public, it helps them to be better prepared to speak with someone offering legal services. They often have more specific questions and some of the anxiety regarding a court hearing can also be lowered.
The blog focuses mostly on civil or human rights, law proposals, licensing, and compliance. Other legal analysis are published on a case by case basis.