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Undergraduate Legal Writing: an Open Resource
  • Undergraduate Legal Writing: an Open Resource (version 2)
  • Getting Started
    • Course Overview
    • Succeeding in Legal Writing
    • The Legal Reader
  • Essential Concepts and Skills
    • Sources of Law and Court Systems
    • How to Read Case Opinions
    • Briefing Cases
    • Rule-Based Writing and CREAC
    • Rule-Based Writing and CREAC, adding Analogies
    • Legal Citation: Basic Concepts and Moves
  • Advice and Examples
    • Predictive Memoranda
    • Client Letters
    • Mediation Statements
    • Motions
  • References
    • References
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Predictive Memoranda

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Last updated 1 year ago

Below are two examples of predictive memoranda. Read them closely and compare them to the material in Rule-Based Writing and CREAC, Rule-Based Writing and CREAC, adding Analogies, and Legal Citation: Basic Concepts and Moves. What do you notice?

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Example #1 of Predictive Memorandum: Aggravated Assault (Jurisdiction: Georgia)

Adapted from material prepared by Jean Mangan, et. al., Legal Writing Manual, 3d ed, CC BY-NC-SA 4.10 license.

Example #2 of Predictive Memorandum: Inter Vivos Gift ([Fictional]Jurisdiction: New Columbia*)

Adapted from material prepared by Amanda Haverstick. Adapted and used by permission.

Example of Predictive Memorandum, adapted from Jean Mangan, et. al., Legal Writing Manual, 3d ed, CC BY-NC-SA 4.10 license.
Example of Predictive Memorandum, adapted from Amanda Haverstick and used by permission.