The famous system of breaking down legal analyses into ordered subparts, Issue-Rule-Analysis-Conclusion, needs an updated focus on the last part, according to Professor Jacob Sherkow. In his new paper, available for download on SSRN, he argues that lawyers need to be experts in conclusions, writing "good conclusions – clear, reasonable, workable, plausible, probable conclusions – are the product of a variety of skills one hopes law students develop during their studies, including case synthesis as tested by the IRAC method and its siblings." 

Read his full defense of conclusions on SSRN.