Brief Answer
This section is meant to provide an answer to the question presented and summarize the reasons for the answer. It should begin with a “yes” or “no” and then a brief statement to support the answer of “yes” or no.”
- Be conclusory. This is not the place for a discussion of how you evaluated strengths and weaknesses in coming to your conclusion. This information will be provided within the Discussion section. Instead, limit this to a short summary.
- Do not include authority. No citations, no case law. All of the law with their citations will be included within the Discussion section. If you have a statutory problem, you may include a reference to the statute in the Brief Answer, but do not include a citation.
Ex – Yes, the mother can have her son declared emancipated because he is economically independent through employment. He earns a sufficient amount of money at his job fixing computers to support himself.
Below is a video about the Brief Answer section of the Memorandum of Law:
