Creating the Transcript

Once you have read the text of the case, you are ready to begin creating your transcript of the case. There are five main steps to creating your transcript.

1. Breaking down the facts into events and actions, and identifying the time relationships between them.
2. Noting the actors and objects involved in the case, and assigning each a descriptive type.
3. Summarizing the board's decision of each questioned fact.
4. Listing the codes referred to by the board to reach their decision, and analyzing how each was used.
5. Listing the cases referred to by the board during discussion of the case, and analyzing how each was used.

This guide will continue to use Case 83-1, as an example, and refer to it often. If you have not already done so, you may wish to open this case in another browser window, or print it out so that you can refer to it easily.