A legal memorandum
serves many different functions. Sometimes, you are asked to take the law and
argue that the law is in your client’s favor. Other times you might be asked to
argue how that law specifically defeats your opponent’s case. This is known as
“persuasive writing-the memorandum seeks to persuade the reader of a specific
idea.

In the “memo” below, your job is not
to persuade, but rather to research, and apply the law. To tell it like it
is.” Your boss is asking you to apply a case to your client’s particular
facts and let her know if the case is going to help or hurt her new client, Sam
Nguyen. You are asked to make a prediction-and write a “predictive”
or objective legal memorandum. This memo will go to your boss, not the court,
which is known as an “interoffice within the office) memorandum

To: Paralegal From:
Attorney Susan Maruca

Re: Client/Sam Nguyen:
Postsecondary Child Support

Date: May 19, 2019

I was just hired to
represent the obligor in a child support case in Allegheny County Domestic
Relations Court (Pennsylvania). The last time I represented someone in a
similar situation, the Blue v. Blue case was in effect. Can you pull the case in
Nexis Uni, write a memo briefing Blue, and let me know if it is still good law?
Thanks.

Assignment Directions

1. Respond to the memo
above by writing an objective or predictive memorandum

2. The memo must include
a case brief using the IRAC method covered in Unit 3.

3. The memo must be
properly cited using Bluebook citations

4. Upload your memo