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• Overview
• Center for Children's Rights
  • Certificate in Children’s Rights
  • The CCR Fellowship Program
  • CCR Colloquia Series
  • The Children’s Rights Clinic
  • Whittier Journal of Child & Family Advocacy
  • National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition
  • 2013 Distinguished Speaker Series
• Center for Intellectual Property Law
  • Welcome
  • The CIPL Fellowship Program
  • The CIPL Certificate Program
  • Intellectual Property Externships
  • 2013 Colloquia and Distinguished Speaker Series
  • Summer Opportunities In Intellectual Property
  • Extracurricular Opportunities in Intellectual Property Law
• Center for International and Comparative Law
  • The CICL Fellowship Program
  • The CICL Certificate Program
  • The CICL Colloquia Series
  • CICL Symposium
  • International Law Society
  • Study Abroad Opportunities
  • 2013 Spring Distinguished Speaker Series
• Legal Clinics
  • Children’s Advocacy Clinic
  • Family Violence Clinic
  • Special Education Clinic
• Private and Public Externship Program
  • Externship Opportunities
• Institute of Student and Graduate Academic Support
  • Academic Support Program
    • Introduction to Law Skills
      • Briefing
      • IRAC
      • Outlining
      • VARK
• Institute for Trial and Appellate Practice
  • Advocacy Competitions
  • ITAP Concentration
• Institute for Writing and Professional Skills
  • Student Learning Goals
• Study Abroad
  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Mexico City, Mexico
  • Toulouse, France
  • Nanjing, China
  • Israel

IRAC

I.R.A.C. is an analytical way to organize a legal argument.

In essence, it’s structuring an argument by analyzing:

*I*ssue (or a legal problem) *R*ule (black letter law) *A*nalysis/Application (applying the rule to the facts) and *C*onclusion (deciding if the legal problem will be satisfied by the law or not).

You will use IRAC when briefing, outlining and writing exam responses both in law school and on the Bar Examination. It is vital that you understand IRAC and be able to analyze fact patterns under this format.

Click here for an example of IRAC. Keep in mind that IRAC may differ depending on course or professor.

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