A remotely recorded podcast with Andrew Turner, Assistant Dean for Academic Enhancement and Teaching Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Dean Turner discusses his newest article, Let’s Not Be Creative: Rigid IRAC and the Hidden Power of Formalistic Legal Writing, published in the Journal of Legal Education in 2024. In the article, Dean Turner argues for the strict adherence to rigid and formulastic legal writing to better prepare law students to become more effective writers and advocates. Through the effective and thoughtful use of the traditional IRAC method, Dean Turner explains that natural cognitive tendencies that work against modern legal practice can be minimized while also ensuring a higher quality of work for law students and newly minted attorneys.
