My undergrad career as a political science major delved into the policy issues of the War in Iraq. Law school has brought forth yet another IRAC. IRAC is a mnemonic device that is used to help develop legal analysis of issues considered within a law suit. The acronym stands for Issues, Rules, Application/Analysis, Conclusion.
When approached with an issue, you need to first look for authority that includes rules that will help resolve the issue at hand. Then you must analogously apply those rules to the facts of your case and then reach a conclusion that determines whether the facts satisfy the legal rule.
Of course, it is much more complicated than that, but a blog post is not the venue to delve into the intricacies of forming a legal argument. However, by sharing this with you I wanted to stress the importance of legal writing and the forming of an argument. We have not began any of our doctrinal classes yet, but rather have focused heavily on understand the basics of the law and how to correctly develop an argument. They expect us to have a good grasp on this by Monday when class officially starts. Hopefully, by Sunday night, I can report to you that I fully understand and have practiced numerous times the IRAC device of legal analysis.
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