FIRAC Case Briefing Method
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- FIRAC is a case briefing method that will not only help you prepare for class, but will also help you practice your essay exam skills.
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FIRAC stands for facts, issue, rule, analysis, and conclusion, which you can see is based on the IRAC method.
Case briefing is about the process of learning the law and not about the end product.
When you write a law school exam, you should use IRAC, or more specifically, the Nested IRAC method.
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Thank you. The issue is finding a way to convince law students that the information is valuable. Usually this happens after their first examination period.
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Welcome. Glad you are finding the videos useful.
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Thanks man, learning this method for my digital forensics class
I really appreciate all the hard-work that you do to inform us law students. The advice that you give are truly invaluable to me and I'm sure they would be to anyone who is in law school.
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Extremely helpful! Would love to see more
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This was a very informative post
Thank you so much! I'm about to start my first semester and I just didn't know how to read cases effectivly to help me for exams and classes!
Glad I could help!
Is there another video where you discuss tips on locating each element of FIRAC within the case? Sometimes rule statements and reasoning statements are hard to spot.
That is a great idea for a future video--I've placed it on my list. Modernly this isn't a problem as courts almost always identify the rule of law. But you are correct for older cases. There they can be hard to find, especially for a law student. Thanks for the suggestion.
This is working really well for me! Thanks a lot.
Great to hear!
@@Learnlawbetter could you provide some insight into keeping your case brief less than one page.
Your videos have been extremely helpful. Is it possible for you to do a video where you share a case and then take us through the FIRAC method to ensure we understand and can apply this method in our studies. We can start and stop the video and compare our FIRAC to yours.
Great idea. I just put it down on my list of future topics--but it's a long list.
What the hell? I was literally just given a case, an example case brief and ordered to brief the case given to me. Im so pissed.
This is so much good to help on my exam next week! But, excuse me, for the 'Rule' does it mean any Acts that related to the case?
Thank you.
The rule is another word for the law that is applicable. For example, suppose that the facts you are provided on a test deal with the intentional tort of battery. You would need to supply the rule, or law for battery: "a battery is the intentional contact of another in a harmful or offensive manner." Also, keep in mind that you must provide the rules, or law, for elements of the rule. Staying with Battery for a moment, you would need to define "intent," "contact," and "harmful or offensive."
Learn Law Better alright, now I understand. Thank you.
I'm approaching my 1L orientation, and rewatching these videos has been a lot of help. I am currently reviewing my school's law prep material, but I am having difficulty understanding what a holding is. Is it different from the judgment?
They are the same. But in appellate decisions, we generally say holding.
@@Learnlawbetter thank you!
Would it make sense to find a rule that would benefit the potential plaintiff if you would be hypothetically representing them in the "briefing"?
The plaintiff and defendant don't matter in relation to the rule. You need to find the rule that the court articulated, which sometimes benefits the plaintiff and at other times the defendant.
Learn Law Better Ah ok. I have not yet applied to school nor have I done a brief. I was unsure if there was the possibility of expanding upon the brief by saying, this is what was done and why. However, since this was not something that could not be claimed, we could have pursued this instead.
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Great job!
Is the conclusion there same thing as the ruling the court gave on the case?
Excellent question! By conclusion, I mean the answer to the legal question that was being decided in the case. That's a bit different from the holding, which might be something like "case reversed" or "case remanded.
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Thank you.