Brief Stage Two—Legal Version

Evaluation

 

Name

 

Date

                 

 

 

25

 

Statement of the Case; Statement of Facts; Summary of Argument

 

 

 

Is the claim clearly identified?

 

 

Does the author adequately cover the facts of the case?

 

 

Does the writer preview the structure of the paper?

 

 

25

 

Organization

 

 

Is the paper relatively easy to follow organizationally?

 

 

Is the paper free or unnecessary redundancies?

 

 

Does the writer provide signposts to guide the reader?

 

 

100

 

The Argument

 

 

Does the author make the sub-claims of his or her argument clear?

 

 

Are the claims appropriate to the issues the author has identified as critical?

 

 

Are the author’s claims supported by evidence?

 

 

Are the author’s claims supported by precedent?

 

 

Would the author’s claims be acceptable to the decision makers considering the case?

Grade  _____ out of 150

 

Deductions -  ________ ( _____ errors)

 

Total