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How to really write the "A" answer
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Whether you have
attended another seminar or have received helpful tips and
hints from your professor or a willing 3L, you will benefit
greatly from our seminar. What is missing from all "A"
answers is analysis, and, interestingly, most law students
do not leave exam-writing seminars knowing exactly how to
write analytically. Even from the seminars that claim to teach
you how to write the 'A' answer. (Sadly, most law students
do not graduate law school knowing how to write analytically,
which is the main reason bar exams are failed, especially
California's.)
Most professors
unfortunately place the emphasis on rule statements instead
of on analysis, and that is not what Beverly Rueben, the inventor
of IRAC, had in mind - the emphasis being placed on analysis
is what she had in mind. Years ago, Ms. Rueben complained
that her methodology had been "butchered . . . I never
meant for IRAC to be so mechanical. 'The issue is, the rule
is . . .' Ugh!"
"Sophisticated
IRAC places the emphasis on analysis - the 'A' answer conveys
legal knowledge within the context of an analytical framework.
Top students convey how much law they know by the way they
analyze.
But the 'C' student
conveys legal knowledge with detailed rule statements instead
of with detailed analysis. So does the failing bar exam candidate."
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(If conducted in-office, our Analytical Exam Writing Seminar
consists of two (2) sessions - the first lasting two (2) hours
and the next follow-up session lasting one (1) hour.)
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