Contracts irac (writing for a senior partner, not the client, the partners know the law and

they
know the facts they just want to know how the law applies to the facts)

•don’t need to summarize the facts or explain the law, he wrote the exam and knows the facts
and rule
•wants to see if the rule applies to the facts we are given
•use the facts he gives us to apply the rule in the analysis: I can see this case is a lot like _____
(case), but it is different because of x y z facts. Refer to cases.
•play with similarities / differences between our cases and the facts we are given

Reliance example (use cases) format clearly with headings and subheadings and use definitions
for issues and answers

There are two main issues with newman’s ability to enforce the bonus promise: did he in fact
detrimentally rely on the promise? And would failure to enforce the promise lead to an
injustice

Detrimental reliance
a) issue is timing (like pension case. Did he already decide to retire before the promise was
made). “although newman suffered a harm, the question is whether the harm was induced by
the promise. As we saw in the pension cases, ________)

conclusion: It is not likely that newman detrimentally relied, but even if so, we need to find
injustice.

2) injustice