Type: Story block
What it does: Longreads present structured source material such as reports, emails, agreements, policies, instructions, and document extracts.
When it is useful: Use a Longread when learners need to investigate facts or understand source material before advising or making a decision.
Source material: A Longread gives learners the substantive material they need to inspect before making a decision. It can present a standard narrative, an email, a document, a short note, or an image-led source. Formatting, headings, tables, links, and embedded images can make the material resemble the documents lawyers encounter in practice.
Email format: An email Longread connects the source to a Character from the Course Cast. The learner sees the sender's name and image, the subject, recipient, date, and formatted email body, allowing instructions and new evidence to arrive naturally inside the simulation.
Playbook Plays: A Longread can be connected to one or more Plays from a Playbook. Learners can open the Play beside the source to inspect relevant guidance and structured Insights while they analyse the email or document.
Learning design: Authors can reveal the source before a question, decision, drafting task, or conversation. The Longread supplies the facts; the following exercise tests whether the learner noticed, interpreted, and applied them.
The situation: A borrower submits its quarterly compliance certificate showing that it is just inside its leverage covenant. The accompanying accounts include a large adjustment to EBITDA, while an internal email suggests that the adjustment includes projected savings that have not yet been achieved.
The problem: The certificate appears compliant at first glance, but the calculation may not follow the definitions in the facility agreement. Missing the adjustment could prevent the lender from asking questions or exercising rights at the correct time.
The simulation: The learner receives a lender briefing, relevant facility-agreement extracts, the certificate, financial figures, and internal correspondence. They compare the calculation with the contractual definition and prepare focused questions for the borrower.
The result: Learners develop careful reading, financial literacy, and the ability to connect contractual language with business data instead of reviewing each document in isolation.