pg600rr
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So I have done persuasive memos, inter-office style memos, briefs, etc. etc. but today I was in with my Prof. whom I am a RA for and she tells me she wants me to do a descriptive memo? I am researching a particular part of the CAA (Clean Air Act), it is part 169A which is suppose to protect/clean up visibility problems in certain zones of the country. She has me looking in to whether it has been amended since it inception (as far as I can tell it has not), the legislative history (I couldn't find any for this particular part of the CAA but my other Prof. says there has most likely got to be something), and any litigation pertaining to this clause (of which I have found about 25-30 cases, some 60 pages long).
Now my question is what is a descriptive memo? I am use to getting a legal question or researching a particular question and writing a memo with my findings or opinion or in some cases a persuasive memo, never a 'descriptive memo' in the sense that I am not giving an answer to anything....
Anyone know any websites that may help, have any advice, know of any books (my two legal writing books say nothing of this type of memo)...
Now my question is what is a descriptive memo? I am use to getting a legal question or researching a particular question and writing a memo with my findings or opinion or in some cases a persuasive memo, never a 'descriptive memo' in the sense that I am not giving an answer to anything....
Anyone know any websites that may help, have any advice, know of any books (my two legal writing books say nothing of this type of memo)...