Legal Writing One

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Legal Writing One

• Chapter Twelve
• Converting your Working Draft into the Discussion
  Section

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The Revised Umbrella Section

• Functions
• To summarize the rule, setting out all subparts
• To identify any genuinely undisputed issues and
  provide a cursory explanation of why they are not
  disputed
• To state the order in which the remaining issues
  will be discussed and why
• To identify any related legal issues not covered
  by the memo.
• To identify any significant policy rationales
  that apply to all subparts of the memo

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Organizational Choices

• Dispositive issues
• Important issues
• Threshold issues
• Familiar order