Seeing the “Big Picture”: Using Diagrams to Facilitate Learning in Legal Writing Classes
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Seeing the “Big Picture”: Using Diagrams to Facilitate Learning in Legal Writing Classes Karen Cooper Jennifer Romig LWRAP, Emory University Law School LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE MEMO RESEARCH STYLE BRIEF ANALYSIS GRAMMAR AUTHORITY SECONDARY PRIMARY TONE ISSUE OUTLINE RULE USAGE SHEPARD’S SYNTHESIZE EXPLAIN CITATION CITATION APPLICATION TO FACTS FACTS CONCLUSION FINALIZING THE MEMO QP BA CONCLUSION ADVOCACY (2 ND Sem.) LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE RESEARCH STYLE GRAMMAR MEMO ANALYSIS TONE ISSUE USAGE OUTLINE RULE CITATION LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE RESEARCH STYLE GRAMMAR MEMO ANALYSIS TONE ISSUE USAGE OUTLINE RULE SYNTHESIZE CITATION LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE RESEARCH STYLE GRAMMAR MEMO ANALYSIS TONE ISSUE USAGE OUTLINE RULE SYNTHESIZE EXPLAIN CITATION LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE RESEARCH STYLE GRAMMAR MEMO ANALYSIS TONE ISSUE USAGE OUTLINE RULE SYNTHESIZE EXPLAIN APPLICATION TO FACTS CITATION LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE RESEARCH STYLE GRAMMAR MEMO ANALYSIS TONE ISSUE USAGE OUTLINE RULE SYNTHESIZE EXPLAIN APPLICATION TO FACTS CONCLUSION CITATION LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE RESEARCH STYLE GRAMMAR MEMO ANALYSIS TONE ISSUE OUTLINE RULE SYNTHESIZE EXPLAIN APPLICATION TO FACTS FACTS USAGE CONCLUSION CONCL CITATION LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE RESEARCH STYLE GRAMMAR MEMO ANALYSIS TONE ISSUE OUTLINE RULE SYNTHESIZE EXPLAIN APPLICATION TO FACTS FACTS CONCLUSION CONCL FINALIZING THE MEMO USAGE QP BA CONCLUSION CITATION LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE RESEARCH STYLE GRAMMAR MEMO ANALYSIS TONE ISSUE OUTLINE RULE SYNTHESIZE EXPLAIN APPLICATION TO FACTS FACTS CONCLUSION CONCL FINALIZING THE MEMO USAGE QP BA CONCLUSION CITATION AUTHORITY SECONDARY PRIMARY LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE RESEARCH STYLE GRAMMAR MEMO ANALYSIS AUTHORITY SECONDARY PRIMARY TONE ISSUE OUTLINE RULE SYNTHESIZE EXPLAIN APPLICATION TO FACTS FACTS CONCLUSION CONCL FINALIZING THE MEMO USAGE QP BA CONCLUSION CITATION SHEPARD’S LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE RESEARCH STYLE GRAMMAR MEMO ANALYSIS AUTHORITY SECONDARY PRIMARY TONE ISSUE OUTLINE RULE USAGE SHEPARD’S SYNTHESIZE EXPLAIN CITATION CITATION APPLICATION TO FACTS FACTS CONCLUSION CONCL FINALIZING THE MEMO QP BA CONCLUSION LWRAP-I WRITING STRUCTURE RESEARCH STYLE GRAMMAR MEMO ANALYSIS AUTHORITY SECONDARY PRIMARY TONE ISSUE OUTLINE RULE USAGE SHEPARD’S SYNTHESIZE EXPLAIN CITATION CITATION APPLICATION TO FACTS FACTS CONCLUSION CONCL FINALIZING THE MEMO QP BA CONCLUSION ADVOCACY (2 ND Sem.) Constructing a Diagram Pick a topic What do you want to convey? Audience? Global or JIT? Choose a format Make the chart Case Element Element Element Element Element Element Element Element Result? Bell v. Grackin, highest court, 1959 child is injured AND child is trespassing AND injury is caused by an instrument or artificial condition on the land AND the instrument or artificial condition is inherently dangerous Implied? (court says “attractive to kids”) No recovery Andersonville v. Goodden, intermediate court, 1961 child is injured AND child is trespassing Implied (it was an artifical instrument) Implied (court calls it a “dangerous instrument”) AND dangerous instrument is of compelling attraction-“draws” child onto land No recovery (child was not drawn onto the land by the truck) Newcomb v. Roberts, highest court, 1982 child is injured AND child is trespassing AND injury is caused by an instrument or artificial condition on the land Implied? (court mentions the “risks posed by a swimming pool”) McDaniels v. Lanier, highest court 1987 child is injured AND child is trespassing BUT NOT if injury is caused by naturally occurring condition on land Synthesized rule child is injured AND child is trespassing AND injury is caused by an instrument or artificial condition on the land What happened to this element? Has this part of the rule been changed? Is a swimming pool “inherently dangerous” ( see Newcomb)? AND landowner knows/has reason to know children likely to trespass AND the risk posed is one that children won’t appreciate AND landowner fails to exercise reasonable care to eliminate the danger or protect the children Recovery allowed [not mentioned, yet the child was drawn onto the land by the pond] AND landowner knows/has reason to know children likely to trespass AND the risk posed is one that children won’t appreciate AND landowner fails to exercise reasonable care to eliminate danger or protect the children No recovery What about this element? It hasn’t been identified in any decisions of the highest court; likely not part of rule. AND landowner knows/has reason to know children likely to trespass AND the risk posed is one that children won’t appreciate AND landowner fails to exercise reasonable care to eliminate the danger or protect the children Examples: Question Presented HELPING VERB LEGAL ISSUE Did, May Is, Was, Can Is SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION KEY FACTS When Where a covenant not to compete enforceable when it restricts the seller of a business from soliciting customers for three years in three counties?