{"id":"irac","title":"IRAC legal analysis","summary":"Structure legal reasoning by separating the issue, rule, application to facts and conclusion.","concepts":["Issue: the legal question raised by the facts","Rule and application: connect applicable authority and facts","Conclusion: a judgment subject to assumptions and uncertainty"],"application":"Use IRAC in consultation notes or draft reviews to identify unsupported claims and compare competing interpretations.","limitations":"This is a writing structure from US legal education. It does not establish the existence or validity of a rule or determine the outcome of a Korean case.","directions":["Rules first: organize legal grounds and requirements.","Facts first: identify facts to prove and missing evidence."],"category":"Law and employment","kind":"method","kind_label":"Method","persona_ids":["lawyer"],"revision":1,"updated_at":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","sources":[{"title":"IRAC Writing for Law School Success","url":"https://www.tourolaw.edu/studentresources/1620","publisher":"Touro Law","edition":"Legal education guidance","region":"US legal writing education","checked_at":"2026-10-07","reuse":"Independent editorial summary and source link; the original text is not republished."}],"review":{"status":"source-checked-editorial","expert_reviewed":false},"editorial_note":"Editorial English translation of the Korean edition. No professional translation or occupational expert review has been completed. Translation does not change the source jurisdiction.","language":"en","translation":{"status":"current","source_language":"ko","source_version":"kb-fb0114d7d6239fb7","translated_at":"2026-10-08","professional_reviewed":false},"trust":"reference-data","version":"kb-88872aa2a110c448","links":{"document":"/en/knowledge/irac","markdown":"/en/knowledge/irac.md","api":"/api/v1/knowledge/irac?lang=en"}}