Tag: Tips for Crafting Strong Legal Opinions
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Predictive Opinions
Analyze a contentious issue likely to hit the courtroom in the next ten years and articulate a legal opinion on it.
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Stance of Dissent
Write a dissenting opinion on a hypothetical case where you strongly disagree with the majority opinion.
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Empathy in Legalese
Write a legal opinion that is packed with jargon, then rewrite it with empathy in a way a layperson would understand.
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View from the Bench
Imagine you are a Supreme Court Justice delivering a groundbreaking majority opinion on a contemporary controversial issue.
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Unpicking Precedents
Choose a landmark legal case that set a significant precedent and explain how your approach would have differed.