Analysing a Problem, step by step
A working method.
- Build a chronologyDated events, with the source of each fact.
- List the partiesAnd the relationship between each pair.
- Identify the causes of actionWhat claim might each party bring, against whom.
- Break each into elementsWhat must be proved for each claim.
- Map facts to elementsMarking which are supported, disputed or missing.
- Identify the evidence gapsWhat you would need to obtain.
Educational reference. The gaps matter as much as the facts: an unprovable element defeats an otherwise strong claim.
Questions about the Analysing a Problem poster
- What’s on the Analysing a Problem poster?
- 6 numbered steps. A working method. Build a chronology — Dated events, with the source of each fact.; List the parties — And the relationship between each pair.; Identify the causes of action — What claim might each party bring, against whom.; Break each into elements — What must be proved for each claim.; Map facts to elements — Marking which are supported, disputed or missing.; Identify the evidence gaps — What you would need to obtain.. Educational reference. The gaps matter as much as the facts: an unprovable element defeats an otherwise strong claim.
- Who is the Analysing a Problem poster for?
- Analysing a Problem belongs to the Law section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning legal skills can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Analysing a Problem poster?
- Build the chronology first. Most issues become visible once the sequence is clear. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Analysing a Problem belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Analysing a Problem?
- Client Interviewing, Structuring an Answer and Citation sit alongside Analysing a Problem in the Law section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Client InterviewingStructuring an AnswerCitation
- Is the Analysing a Problem poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Analysing a Problem downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Law section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Analysing a Problem poster print at?
- Analysing a Problem is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Analysing a Problem loses nothing.Printing guide
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