A Lawyer’s Guide to Upcoming Supreme Court Term

The Supreme Court’s upcoming term is shaping up to be an explosive one, with LGBT discrimination, deportation for “Dreamers,” and the Second Amendment all currently on the docket.

But there are also a number of “sleeper cases” on the docket this term that could be deeply significant for the way lawyers practice—from pleading standards to preclusion rules to the availability of statutory resources.

There aren’t a lot of attorneys who practice in the Second Amendment space, said Robin Effron, who teaches civil procedure at Brooklyn Law School.

But any time the court hears a case touching on civil procedure, ...