Beyond IRAC and CREAC: Alternative Models of Legal Reasoning
Beyond IRAC and CREAC: Alternative Models of Legal Reasoning
Difficult legal questions usually involve disputed rules and disputed or ambiguous facts. Treating these as static and objectively given usually misses the point.
I’m giving a presentation today at the 22nd Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference hosted by LMU Loyola Law School. Attendees and anyone else who is curious can download a PDF of my slides below.
Ryan McCarl is a founding partner of Rushing McCarl LLP and the author of Elegant Legal Writing (U. Cal. Press 2024). For more writing tips, subscribe to the Elegant Legal Writing newsletter and follow Ryan on LinkedIn. McCarl’s book is now available on Amazon.
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