NextGen UBE Complete Scope & Coverage Map

Select the legal concepts likely to affect the outcome

Separate relevant or dispositive facts from background

Identify standards of review and burdens of proof

Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each side

Choose missing facts and efficient investigation methods

Assess the probable outcome of a claim, motion, defense, objection, or discovery issue

Extract controlling language, elements, standards, or factors from a supplied source

Recommend claims, remedies, evidence, arguments, defenses, or transaction provisions

Find information gaps, improvement opportunities, and valid objections in a record

Identify two facts or factors that materially favor either side

Identify two benefits or drawbacks of a proposed resolution

Propose contract or settlement terms that advance resolution

Explain why law may make a client objective attainable or unattainable

Choose a strategy for identifying needs and pursuing client objectives

Formulate the research questions the assignment requires

Identify ambiguity in a supplied statute, contract, rule, or opinion

Choose efficient searches, terms, tools, and research methods

Rank supplied sources by role, weight, and authority

Compare the matter's facts with the dispositive facts of opinions

Plan updating and supplemental research

Select the sources relevant or dispositive to the issue

Decide whether the collected sources are sufficient to finish the task

Draft client correspondence explaining consequences, status, advice, and next steps

Diagnose and revise complaint or answer language

Choose an affiant and revise affidavit language to support required elements

Diagnose and revise a contract or other legal document

Draft assigned sections of a memo, brief, letter, or comparable work product

Draft or revise discovery documents