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    ANALYSIS CHECKLIST

    I. UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE(S).


    a. How many issues, (legal questions to be answered) are there.
    i. If there is more than one issue, you may consider separating them, so there is
    clear delineation between them. (This makes it easier for the reader to SEE that
    you understand that you are addressing more than one issue).
    b. Even if you are using C-R-A-C and not I-R-A-C, make sure that you have a clear
    understanding of the legal question(s) being asked.
    i. You must understand what is being asked, so you know what RULE OF LAW to use
    to answer the legal question.
    ii. Understanding the issue is critical, because if you do not have a firm grasp on the
    legal question you are trying to answer, you will be very easily distracted and even
    more easily frustrated.
    II. IDENTIFY THE RULE(S).
    a. The reader DOES NOT KNOW if YOU KNOW what rule/rules to use to answer the legal
    question unless you craft a RULE STATEMENT.
    b. The RULE STATEMENT SHOULD:
    i. Define the rule.
    ii. Explain what:
    1. steps must be taken in order to apply the rule and
    2. the option of tests that can be used to apply this rule, and

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    3. why each of the options or test(s) would be employed in what
    circumstances.
    iii. If there is more than one issue, you may consider using more than one rule
    statement.
    III. In your second or third read of the problem, now that you understand what the legal issue
    is, (what the legal question is that is being asked), identify the KEY FACTS.
    a. These are the facts that you will apply the rule to in order to answer the legal question.
    b. These are the facts that turn the case.
    c. These are the facts that if they did not exist there would be no case.
    IV. ANALYSIS
    a. This is where you take the facts of the case, as presented in the hypo, and apply the
    rule of law to each of the key facts.
    b. The rule of law, applied to EACH OF THE KEY FACTS will yield a result.
    c. In the conclusion section, you will take the culmination of all these factual yields once
    tested by the rule of law, to infer, conclude your conclusion.
    V. CONCLUSION
    a. Conclude your analysis by answering the legal question that was posed in the beginning.
    b. Your conclusion should be the natural progression of your analysis…in other words,
    once your analysis is complete, you should be able to firmly stand and say, IN
    CONCLUSION, the answer to the question is this_________. (Which has been thoroughly
    explained to you above in my analysis section.)

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