Ad IRAC Per Aspera: Using <i>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds</i> to Introduce Legal Reasoning to Business Students

Abstract This teaching note explores using the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode “Ad Astra Per Aspera” to teach legal reasoning in a legal environment of business or business law course. The note provides an overview of the IRAC method and explains how the law school method translates well to an undergraduate legal studies course. It provides a synopsis of the episode and details how to use scenes from it in class to develop familiarity with IRAC analysis. The note additionally suggests the episode as a vehicle for addressing other legal topics, including religious freedom, asylum, and sedition.