Well, I managed to complete the memo due at 5pm. I finished around 10:30, so really I had hours and hours to spare. I'm not sure how good it is, but it's definitely done.
I found it very hard to organize the information in a coherent manner. They want us to use the IRAC method, which makes sense, but I still have a hard time bringing everything together. The statement of facts and the question(s) presented are clear enough; it's the discussion section that's difficult. I remember having a hard time with the organization of a paper when I was in undergrad, too; it's like I can't write unless I have a clear road map of where I'm going to go, but in the case of the memo, I just can't figure out where I want to go.
The bigger probably is that I'm so fixated on the organization that I'm fairly sure my analysis is somewhat lacking. I am certain that there are a few big jumps that I made between the facts and the conclusion.
We are going to have meetings with our "Senior Partner" and hopefully, if she can clarify some of the organization issues for me, I can do a better job on the analysis next time. Of course, starting the paper before Saturday would have been a better idea. They gave us over 3 weeks to do it, and I managed to procrastinate until the final weekend. I'm not sure that it really would have been much better if I'd spent more time, but if I don't gotten cracking on it early, I could have met with either the Senior or Junior Partner with my draft, which probably would have been helpful.
The bright side is that the next memo is a group endeavour and I won't want to let down the others in my group, so I'm almost certain to get an earlier start on it.
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