Beginning in June 1996, the Center published thirteen issues of this newsletter. It summarizes relevant appellate and district court decisions under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. It was published in an effort to help judges during the intense early period of judicial interpretation of those acts, which were complex and spawned a great deal of litigation. It ceased publication with issue 13, September 1998.

A complete set of the Habeas and Prison Litigation Case Law Update newsletters that were published from 1996-1998 is available here as a 100-page document.