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Case Brief - Professional Accountability

Assignment is to brief a court case

Rubric Code: L44ABB

By kmatuschka

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Subject: Law

Type: Writing

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Written Case Brief
	Exemplary 3 pts	Satisfactory 2 pts	Unsatisfactory 1 pts
Case Style	Exemplary Identifies case name including both parties, date decided, and complete citation correctly.	Satisfactory Does not include one of either the name, date, or correct citation.	Unsatisfactory Contains no heading.
Factual Summary	Exemplary Includes all relevant facts of the case such as a description of both parties, dates, places, and issue/conflict at hand.	Satisfactory The issue/conflict is included, but missing one or more facts: parties involved, dates, and places.	Unsatisfactory The issue/conflict is not included.
Legal Question	Exemplary The question(s) of law is correctly identified and stated as a YES/NO question(s).	Satisfactory A question of law is identified, but it is not stated as a YES/NO question.	Unsatisfactory The Legal Question is not included or is not written as a question.
Holding	Exemplary The decision of the court is identified and stated correctly. It is easy to identify the decision of the court.	Satisfactory A court decision is stated, but it is not easily identified.	Unsatisfactory No decision is stated.
Rule of Law	Exemplary A logical, clear explanation is given as to how the court derived at it's holding. References to judge(s) opinions, precedent decisions (other cases), or principles of law are included.	Satisfactory The explanation is unclear as to how the court derived at its ruling.	Unsatisfactory No explanation is included.
Educational Implication	Exemplary Implication on historical and/or current educational practice is mentioned with examples given.	Satisfactory Implication on historical and/or current educational practice is mentioned with no examples given.	Unsatisfactory Implication on historical and/or current educational practice is not mentioned.
Format	Exemplary Follows the suggested outline with each element clearly identified. Brief is within the 2 page limit.	Satisfactory Follows the suggested outline, but the elements are not clearly identified. Brief is outside the 2 page limit.	Unsatisfactory Does not follow a reasonable outline.
Writing	Exemplary Professional language and contains no grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.	Satisfactory Less professional language and contains a few grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors, but they do not detract from reader comprehension.	Unsatisfactory Unprofessional language and contains multiple grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors which detract from reader comprehension.
Timely	Exemplary Brief submitted by the due date.	Satisfactory Brief submitted within 1 class period of due date.	Unsatisfactory Brief submitted within one week of due date.

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