Research Guide for LLM Students: Legal Research & Writing

On completion of the lesson, the student will be able to:
1. List the elements of a case brief.
2. Describe the purposes of a case brief.
3. Practice writing a case brief.

On completion of the lesson, the student will be able to:
1. Identify the components of IRAC.
2. Classify what belongs in each section of IRAC.
3. Identify strong and weak examples of issue statements, rules, applications, and conclusions.
4. Compose basic legal analysis in written IRAC form.