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Rubric For Legal Essay Final Requirement

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Rubric for Legal Essay Final Requirement

Structure and Organisation (80%)


Title:

Does the title of my essay/paper clearly inform the reader of what my 5%


essay is about?

Introduction:
 Does my introduction or abstract state the central question that
is being addressed/answered in my essay? 
10%
 Does my introduction give a roadmap for the rest of the essay,
explaining how the paper is structured to answer the central
question posed?
Headings and Subheadings:
10%
Have I used headings and subheadings to signpost the content of the
subsequent section of the essay?
Body Paragraphs:
 Does every paragraph in my essay have a topic sentence? Does
the content of every paragraph relate to its topic sentence?
40%
 Do my body paragraphs seamlessly transition into the next
paragraph? 
Conclusion:

Does my conclusion summarize the argument made in my essay,


15%
show the reader how I have addressed the question posed in my
introduction, and contain no new content? 
General elements of good writing, presentation and referencing (20%)
Fundamentals of Writing:

 Have I edited my essay to avoid wordiness and redundancy? 


 Have I avoided the use of antiquated words such as
‘hereinafter’ or ‘aforementioned’ and have I used Latin words
or phrases only where necessary to convey a precise legal
meaning?  5%
 Have I edited my essay to eliminate the passive voice? 
 Have I used shorter sentences and paragraphs to convey clear
meaning in my writing? 

 Have I retained necessary words such as “the” and “a”, and


omitted unnecessary words that convey no extra meaning? 
General rules of good writing and format:
 Have I abided by more general rules of good writing (gender
neutral, formal tone etc)? 
 Are the pages of my essay numbered, and is my essay in an
5%
appropriate and consistent font and clearly formatted so that
headings and paragraphs can be differentiated? Is my essay
double-spaced (or otherwise formatted in the way required by
the given assessment task)?

References:
10%
Have I properly referenced my work to acknowledge the source of
words and ideas? 

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