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Legal Writing (IRAC)

IRAC with formatting error penalites. No citation grading in this version.

Rubric Code: BX3955B

By JoanKBradwell

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Subject: Law

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

IRAC 100 % Note deductions will be made for spelling and punctuation errors and for grammar issues.
	Unsatisfactory 0 pts	Minimal 10 pts	Effective 20 pts	Outstanding 30 pts
Issue 20 % The Issue section identifies the area of law that is relevant to the problem question and clearly describes the legal problem(s) that need to be addressed,including key facts.	Unsatisfactory The relevant area of law is not identified. 0 pts	Minimal The area of law is correctly identified but the statement does not clearly describe the legal problem(s) that need to be addressed. 2 pts	Effective The area of law and the legal problem(s) to be addressed are identified but the description of the problem(s) are not clear or are incomplete or facts are missing. 4 pts	Outstanding The area of law and the legal problem(s) to be addressed are identified and clearly and completely described. Key fact or facts are incorporated into the issue or issues. 6 pts
Rules 25 % The Rules section identifies the relevant legal principles and their source of authority.	Unsatisfactory No relevant legal principles have been identified. 0 pts	Minimal Some identification of relevant legal principles but the correct source of authority (Section of Act or relevant case) has not been cited. 2.5 pts	Effective All or most of the relevant legal principles and their correct sources of authority have been cited but the explanation of the principles is not clear or is incomplete. 5 pts	Outstanding All relevant legal principles are clearly explained and their correct source of authority is given. 7.5 pts
Application/Analysis 45 % The Application section considers each legal principle identified in the Rules section and explains its relevance to the facts and how it can be applied or distinguished to support logical arguments about how the Issue(s) will be resolved	Unsatisfactory The discussion of the facts does not refer to any relevant legal principles. 0 pts	Minimal The discussion considers some of the relevant legal principles but does not apply those principles to the key facts to support logical arguments about how the Issue(s) will be resolved. 4.5 pts	Effective The discussion considers the application of most of the relevant legal principles to the key facts but the arguments are not clear or are incomplete. 9 pts	Outstanding The discussion is a clear and comprehensive analysis of the relevant legal principles and their application to the facts to support logical arguments about how the Issue(s) will be resolved. 13.5 Pts
Conclusion 10 % The Conclusion is stated and provides an overview of how the arguments in the Application section address the Issue(s).	Unsatisfactory The Conclusion is not stated or is not supported. 0 Pts	Minimal The Conclusion is supported by some of the arguments but does not explain how they address the Issue. 1 Pt	Effective The Conclusion is supported by most of the arguments but the explanation of how those arguments address the Issue(s) is not clear or is incomplete. 2 Pts	Outstanding The Conclusion is well supported by arguments in the Application section and clearly explains how those arguments address the Issue(s). 3 Pts
Format % Use of assigned Facts + IRAC format Penalty Assessments	Unsatisfactory Format is not applicable to assignment type. -10 pts	Minimal Some of the format is applicable to assignment type. -6 pts	Effective Some of the format is applicable to assignment type. -3 pts	Outstanding The format is applicable to assignment type. Credit

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Case Brief, Legal, Case Study

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