30 points

Directions: Consider what you've learned about each of the following legal analysis skills:

Element Identification

Identifying/Phrasing Legal Issues

Identifying/Applying Definitions

Factor Analysis

Case Law Application

IRAC/IFRAC

1. In your own words, please specifically discuss how these skills assist the paralegal in determining what requires investigation, what requires legal research, and what sources of law/legal authority would be helpful.

2. Then, read the Memorandum of Law in Exhibit 7-17 beginning on page 356 of Statsky, 8th edition. Based on that memorandum, please provide 6 (six) specific examples to support your reasoning in the above discussion.(If you have the e-book edition of Statsky, Exhibit 7-17 can be found on page 361)