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What first-year LRLW can do

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The first-year legal-writing course on objective legal analysis (memos) can teach students--
  • How to determine the issue raised in a legal problem and express that issue effectively in writing.
  • How to determine the legally and contextually relevant facts of a legal problem and express them effectively in writing.
  • How to determine the best course of research for a legal problem.
  • How to find relevant authorities to analyze a legal problem.
  • How to choose the appropriate authorities to use in analyzing a legal problem.
  • How to derive a legal rule from a set of authorities.
  • How to present legal authorities effectively in writing.
  • How to analyze a legal question in light of the authorities and express that analysis in writing.
  • How to recognize possible counter-analyses and express them effectively in writing.
  • How to predict a result for a legal problem and state it effectively in writing.
It must also teach
  • Correct citation form and placement.
  • Legal-writing conventions for a legal memorandum.
  • The traditional format of a legal memorandum.

Full post as published by Legalwriting.net on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).

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