The Paradigm for Predictive Legal Writing: IRAC Method

Legal research is not only about discovering how the law applies, it is also about determining how strong case is. Using legal research we are analyzing strength and weaknesses of client’s case, and using counteranalysis we determine how opponent can use weaknesses against us. In this paper we will establish why counteranalysis is important and why do we use it, when we use it and where we can apply it.

This letter is to inform you, that your tax appeal hearing has been scheduled for March 6, 2005, at 10:30 a.m. The hearing will be held at the County Office building located at 211 Race Road. The court room is located on the 5th floor.

2) Deductive logic starts with a premise and applies it to a specific case to reach a conclusion

4. Analysis related to hiring the outside law firm and sensitivity of the value of information to their prediction accuracy

This letter is to advise you that your tax appeal hearing is coming up on March 6, 2005 at 10:35 a.m. at the Office of the Tax Assessors of Lackawanna County. The office is located on the 5th floor of the County Office Building; 211 Ace Road, Clark, Pennsylvania 18111. Attorney Smith would like to remind you to arrive at the County Office Building at 10:25 a.m. with all of the pictures you have of the comparable houses in your area.

Underline the reason (topic sentence) in each body paragraph. Is the reason clearly connected to the overarching argument? If not, how might the writer address this?

Introduce the first main point of the argument. Then, provide evidence from the sources. Multiple pieces of evidence should be provided to support the main point.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an owner, lessee, or occupant of land may be liable for injury to a child caused by a highly dangerous artificial condition on the land if:

This document was prepared by Frances Tuer and edited by Jacqueline Glenney and Michael Robertson. It was designed to help students in MGMT 1P96 understand the case analysis process.

In Chapter One of Becoming a Critical Thinker, by Sherry Diestler, the structure of arguments and how to become a critical thinker is discussed. Critical thinking is necessary to make sound decisions. According to the text “A critical thinker is someone who uses specific criteria to evaluate reasoning, form positions and make decisions” (pg 3). Issues, conclusions and reasons build an argument. Conclusions about an issue need to be supported by reasons.

Furthermore, legal responsibility is willing to accept fault, knowing when to ask questions of a supervisor to more clearly meet the needs of the client. Kaslow, Grus, Campbell, & Fouad, et al., 2009). Moreover, this insightful implementation is the ability to

1. The issue is whether public school officials have the authority to perform strip searches of students in suspicion of hiding illegal drugs.

The 14th Amendment states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

1 la prohibición del legislador de hacer discriminaciones entre los distintos sujetos de derecho 2 obligación que tiene el legislador de apreciar las diferencias