Graded on four dimensions:
Issue identification
Statement of correct rule
Analysis
Conclusion
Sample/Example:
Issue: whether employee’s earnings meet the
minimum wage required under law
Rule: under FLSA… minimum federal wage is X. In
Florida, the state minimum wage is Y.
Analysis: Federal rate is the minimum; state
rate can be higher. Need to pay the higher rate of the two. Here… XYZ.
Conclusion: After calculating the rate earned in
the week, less deductions, she earned enough. No action needed.
Instructions:
Prepare a memo where you take a
4-step approach to identifying and discussing the issues that appear throughout
the story / fact pattern.
Issue: state the issue that you see / the potential problem that
you have come acros
Rule: state the rule / law that provides the answer on how to
handle this particular issue, and explain what that rule / law says and
requires
Analysis: given the applicable rule / law, discuss the facts of the
particular situation and discuss how they apply to that rule / law in this
situation.
Conclusion: make a final conclusion / recommendation about whether
that rule / law is being violated, and – if so – how it should be remedied.
Pleasee keep all parts of the IRAC
analysis together for each issue. For example…
Issue:
The first issue I identified is X. (statement of the legal question /
problem you are going to discuss)
Rule:
Under Y law, etc etc etc. (you state the law(s) / rule(s) that apply)
Analysis:
Here, we see that employee is doing this and that. (you apply the facts
from the story)
Conclusion:
based on the above, it seems employee was not paid enough… or employee
is entitled to Z… etc.
Keep all those parts in a
single paragraph.
THEN, move on to paragraph two…
Issue 2, Rule 2, Analysis 2, Conclusion 2… in a new paragraph. And so on for
each issue. Do not lump all of the issues together, then lump all of the rules
together, then all analysis together, then all conclusions together. If
you do not follow this format, the grade will be docked points.
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