The Bench — a voice-first legal judgment game

Hear the case.
Make the ruling.

Step onto the bench. Hear a short fictional case, rule on it out loud in your own words, and get a rubric-graded scorecard grounded in real, verified precedent.

Coming soon to the App Store

Educational only — never legal advice. All cases are fictional.

How it works

One sitting of the court

1

Hear the case

A narrated, illustrated case file — two sides, one dispute, under a minute to absorb.

2

Rule out loud

Argue it like a judge from the bench: your ruling, your reasons, the authority you rely on — spoken in your own words.

3

Get your scorecard

A rubric-graded scorecard across six categories, with feedback quote-traced to what you actually said.

The difference

Why The Bench is different

Fictional cases. Real precedent.

Every case is fiction — but every authority behind its rubric is a real, verified case. Your feedback cites the actual law your ruling should have leaned on.

Learn it by arguing it.

You don’t highlight an outline — you explain the law out loud in your own words, the fastest way to find the gaps in what you think you know.

A daily case. A judicial career.

A free daily case keeps the streak alive; practice rulings earn XP toward nine judicial ranks, from Law Clerk to Chief Justice.

The 1L six

Six practice areas, drawn from the case file

Every case ships with its own court-sketch exhibit — ink and gouache, straight from the file.

  • Court-sketch illustration of a courtroom hearingCivil Procedure
  • Court-sketch illustration of a truck on a desert interstateConstitutional Law
  • Court-sketch illustration of a homeowner and contractor mid-disputeContracts
  • Court-sketch illustration of a nighttime traffic stopCriminal Law
  • Court-sketch illustration of neighbors at a disputed property lineProperty
  • Court-sketch illustration of an observatory stairway at nightTorts

Climb nine judicial ranks

Practice rulings earn XP — but rank comes on merit. From Law Clerk to Chief Justice, every robe is argued for.

Law Clerk Trial Judge Appellate Judge Justice Chief Justice

The daily case

One case a day.
Every judge hears the same one.

A free daily case — one attempt, no retries. Rule on it, see your percentile against every other judge on the docket that day, and keep the streak alive. Practice sessions between dailies build your career.

Daily streaks Percentile vs. the docket Free daily case
The Bench is for education and entertainment. It never provides legal advice.

All cases are fictional. The precedent cited in feedback is real, verified case law — but nothing here applies to your situation.