Generate IRAC legal memos
AI writes complete legal research memos in IRAC format from your issue and jurisdiction. Get professional memos ready for review.
Generate IRAC legal memos
River's Legal Memo Generator creates complete legal research memos in IRAC format (Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion). You provide the legal issue, jurisdiction, facts, and applicable law. The AI writes a professional legal memo analyzing the issue, stating relevant rules, applying law to facts, and reaching a conclusion. Within minutes, you have a comprehensive memo ready for review. Perfect for law students learning legal writing, junior associates drafting research memos, and attorneys needing quick issue analysis.
Unlike basic outlines, we generate complete memos with full IRAC analysis. The AI structures the memo professionally with heading, facts section, issue statement, rule explanation with case citations, detailed application of law to facts, counterarguments, and conclusion. You get memos that demonstrate legal reasoning, analyze relevant authority, apply precedent to facts, and reach well-supported conclusions. Each memo follows professional memo format used in legal practice.
This tool is perfect for law students completing memo assignments, junior associates conducting legal research, solo practitioners analyzing novel issues, and attorneys needing quick preliminary analysis. Use it to organize legal analysis systematically. Use it to learn proper memo structure and IRAC methodology. Great for creating foundation analysis you can refine with deeper research. The AI generates professional memos that demonstrate sound legal reasoning.
What Makes Legal Memos Effective
Effective legal memos analyze issues systematically using IRAC structure. Issue frames the legal question precisely. Rule states the applicable legal standard from statutes, regulations, and case law. Application analyzes how the rule applies to specific facts, comparing and distinguishing relevant precedent. Conclusion answers the issue based on the analysis. This structure ensures complete analysis and makes memos easy to follow. Weak memos jump between facts and law without clear organization, omit key authority, or reach conclusions without supporting analysis.
Good legal analysis requires both explaining rules and applying them. Simply stating what the law is doesn't answer whether your client wins. You must analyze how courts have applied the rule in similar situations, compare your facts to precedent, distinguish unfavorable authority, and show why your facts satisfy or fail the legal standard. Strong memos address counterarguments, acknowledge weaknesses honestly, and explain why the better interpretation favors your conclusion. Attorneys trust memos that analyze honestly over those that advocate blindly.
Common memo mistakes include conclusory analysis without support, cherry-picking favorable authority while ignoring contrary law, failing to analogize or distinguish precedent, vague fact descriptions that don't connect to legal standards, and hedging conclusions so much they're unhelpful. Good memos take positions. If the law is unclear, say so and explain what factors will determine the outcome. If your client likely loses, say that clearly. Attorneys need honest analysis to advise clients properly, not false optimism that creates malpractice risk.
What You Get
Complete legal memo in professional IRAC format
Issue statement, rule explanation, and detailed application
Analysis comparing facts to precedent with case citations
Counterarguments addressed and conclusion supported
Professional memo ready for attorney review and refinement
How It Works
- 1Describe legal issueEnter issue, jurisdiction, facts, and applicable law
- 2AI generates memoOur AI writes complete IRAC analysis in 5-7 minutes
- 3Review and refineCheck citations, add jurisdiction-specific authority, refine analysis
- 4Use for adviceUse memo to advise client or support legal position
Frequently Asked Questions
Will this replace legal research?
No. This tool generates preliminary analysis based on general legal principles. You must research jurisdiction-specific authority, verify all case citations, check for recent developments, and ensure analysis matches current law. Use generated memos as starting points that organize your thinking and provide structure. Then conduct thorough research to verify rules, find jurisdiction-specific cases, and refine the analysis. Never rely on AI-generated legal analysis without independent verification. This is a research tool, not a substitute for lawyer judgment.
Can I cite the cases mentioned in the memo?
You must verify every citation before using it. The AI may reference actual cases or generate placeholder citations that need research. Never cite a case without reading it yourself, confirming it says what you think, checking it's still good law, and verifying it's from the correct jurisdiction. Citing cases you haven't read is unethical and creates malpractice risk. Use the memo to understand the legal framework, then conduct proper research to find and cite appropriate authority.
How do I adapt this for my jurisdiction?
After generating the memo, research your jurisdiction's specific law. State law varies significantly. Replace general legal principles with your jurisdiction's statutes, regulations, and case law. Add jurisdiction-specific precedent and remove inapplicable authority. Some issues are governed by state law (contracts, torts, property), others by federal law (copyright, securities, civil rights). Your research must identify the governing law and applicable precedent. The generated memo provides analytical structure, not jurisdiction-specific answers.
Can law students submit this as their own work?
No. Submitting AI-generated work as your own violates academic integrity policies at most law schools. Use this tool to understand IRAC structure, see how legal analysis works, and organize your thinking. Then write your own memo in your own words based on your own research. Many law schools now use AI detection software. More importantly, learning to analyze and write about law is essential to practicing law. You cheat yourself if you don't develop these skills. Use this as a learning aid, not a shortcut.
What if the memo reaches the wrong conclusion?
The memo provides one analysis based on the information given. Legal issues often don't have clear right answers. Courts disagree. Facts matter enormously. Counterarguments exist. If you believe the conclusion is wrong, that's valuable information about the issue's complexity. Use the memo to understand one perspective, then research to develop your own analysis. Good lawyers can argue both sides. Understanding why someone would reach a different conclusion strengthens your analysis. Your job is to research thoroughly and reach your own conclusion.
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