Transcription of Legal Memorandum Format Sample
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61 Legal Memorandum Format SampleOn the following pages is a Legal Memorandum formatted the way your memos in this classshould be formatted. The substance of this memo comes from Appendix A of the Wellford text. The formatting follows the Visual Rhetoric instructions on pages 57-59 of this Supplement. We will refer to this memo frequently throughout the semester as an example of the variouscomponents of Legal analysis. The purpose of including the memo in this supplement is only to demonstrate how your memosshould be formatted. Pay particular attention to the following features of this memo:*the spacing and content of the heading (in particular, notice that the information ineach field to, from, re, date is tabbed so that each piece of information lines upvertically with the other pieces)*the Arial, bold typeface of the document heading as well as the headings of allsections of the memo*the page numbering at the bottom of each page after the first*the single-spacing of the Question Presented and Short Answer and the double-spacing of the rest of the memo (your open memos will have more than oneQuestion Presented and Short Answer in that case, single space within eachQuestion and Answer, but double-space between each Question and Answer)*the left justification rather than full justification (full)
contending that the Stripe’s garage is not a “dwelling” within which the Stripes “reside,” as required by the statute. The garage is located approximately thirty feet behind the Stripe home. The Stripes have converted two-thirds of the garage into quarters for the couple’s college-age son, Michael Stripe, to use as a get-a-way.
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