Analysing a ProblemTurning a messy set of facts into legal issues.LawA working method.1Build a chronologyDated events, with the source of each fact.2List the partiesAnd the relationship between each pair.3Identify the causes of actionWhat claim might each party bring, against whom.4Break each into elementsWhat must be proved for each claim.5Map facts to elementsMarking which are supported, disputed or missing.6Identify the evidence gapsWhat you would need to obtain.Educational reference. The gaps matter as much as the facts: anunprovable element defeats an otherwise strong claim.Analysing a Problemlearnposters.com
Analysing a Problem — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Analysing a Problem, step by step

A working method.

  1. Build a chronologyDated events, with the source of each fact.
  2. List the partiesAnd the relationship between each pair.
  3. Identify the causes of actionWhat claim might each party bring, against whom.
  4. Break each into elementsWhat must be proved for each claim.
  5. Map facts to elementsMarking which are supported, disputed or missing.
  6. 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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