Last year after graduating from law school, I decided to work at a local law firm as a junior lawyer. One of the main responsibilities of lawyer is to write a memorandum -- or legal advice -- for clients. Writing legal advice emcompasses several steps, similar to writing normal essay. Let me break down all the steps for you as below:
First off, when our partner or supervisor assigns a case to any team of lawyers, then such team has to discuss the case so that every lawyer mutually understands the fact. Once agreeing on the fact, we have to brainstorm to determine the issues and all laws relevant to the case.
After having identified the issues and all related laws, it is time to organize all the ideas, apply the laws to the issues to find out how the solution of the case should be. Gathered all the solutions, an assigned lawyer will try to draft memorandum. After finishing the draft, he/she has to submit the draft to the supervisor/boss for review. Should there be any mistakes, the supervisor will send back the draft with comment and feedback. Then, the lawyer has to revise the memorandum as advised by supervisor.
Once the final draft (revised version of memorandum) has been approved, it's time to publish the legal advice and present it to the client via email, document or even phone call.
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