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1
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2
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3
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4
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Research
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Student's authorities
included only authorities provided in class or failed
to address all issues of the hypothetical.
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Student located additional
authority, but the authority was not relevant.
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Student located and
incorporated some additional relevant authority.
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Student located and
incorporated several (at least 4) relevant authorities
in addition to those provided in class.
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Writing
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Memorandum was not
properly formatted and excluded more than one issue
or section.
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Student included all
but one section or issue in his/her memorandum but writing
was unclear or relied on unnecessary legalese.
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Student provided a
good paper, incorporating all issues and sections. Writing
was mostly clear and concise, but could be improved
upon.
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Student addressed all
issues and included all necessary sections of the brief.
Writing was clear and concise. No unnecessary legalese
was included.
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Analysis/Prediction
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Student did not demonstrate
a clear understanding of either the issues raised by
the hypothetical or how the authorities relate to those
issues. Student fails to make a prediction or makes
a prediction unsupported by the authority.
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Student demonstrated
some understanding of either the issues raised by the
hypothetical or how the authorities relate to those
issues. Student fails to make a fully support prediction.
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Student demonstrates
an understanding of an issue raised by the hypothetical
and some of the authorities cited and makes a prediction
supported by some authority.
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Student demonstrates
clear understanding of both the issues raised by the
hypothetical and the authorities cited. Prediction is
thoughtfully crafted with specific citations to supporting
authority.
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Citations
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Citations are excluded,
appear to have been taken off of Westlaw or contain
7-10 errors.
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Citations appear to
have been taken off of Westlaw or contain 5-7 errors.
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Citations were prepared
in compliance with ALWD Manual with 2-4 errors.
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Citations were prepared
in compliance with ALWD Manual with 0-1 errors.
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Total---->
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