As an example, we will look at whether someone can sue for battery

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IRAC/CRAC

What is it?

Issue, Rule, Analysis, Conclusion OR Conclusion, Rule, Analysis, Conclusion

Method for organizing legal analysis so that the reader can follow your argument

Especially helpful in writing exams (IRAC) and legal memos (CRAC).

How to do it?

As an example, we will look at whether someone can sue for battery as a result of

inhaling second-hand smoke. The issue we will look at is whether there is contact, which

is required for a battery claim.

Issue

First state the question or problem that you are trying to answer (what might bring

the parties into court). This can be in the form of a question or a statement

depending on what your reader prefers. Examples:

o“There is an issue as to whether contact occurred when the plaintiff

inhaled the second-hand smoke.”

o“Does contact occur when one inhales second-hand smoke created by

another?”

However, in legal memos, one may state the conclusion up front (in case the

reader is too busy to read through the entire analysis. Some professors also prefer

that you state the conclusion up front.