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Competencies for Legal Knowledge, Reasoning, and Anaylsis

Used in doctrinal courses and any other courses focused on legal knowledge, reasoning, and analysis.

Rubric Code: V233B2X

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Subject: Law

Type: Exam

Grade Levels: Graduate

Overarching Issue Spotting Identifying relevant legal issues raised by clients' legal problems.
	Practice-Ready SELECTS and ANALYZES all relevant legal issues and does not select irrelevant legal issues. 4 pts	Proficient SELECTS and ANALYZES most relevant legal issues and rarely selects irrelevant legal issues. 3 pts	Developing SELECTS and ANALYZES some relevant legal issues and some irrelevant legal issues. 2 pts	Deficient SELECTS and ANALYZES few relevant legal issues and many irrelevant legal issues. 1 pts	Not Applicable Not Applicable (N/A)
Understanding and Analysis of Law Identifying relevant legal rules applicable to each issue. Synthesizes multiple authorities into a cohesive rule and understands how statutory, common law, and constitutional law interplay and evolve.	Practice-Ready FORMULATES/CONSTRUCTS all relevant legal rules. SYNTHESIZES multiple authorities into a cohesive rule. DEMONSTRATES a thorough understanding of how statutory, common law, and constitutional law interact.	Proficient FORMULATES/CONSTRUCTS most relevant legal rules. SYNTHESIZES most authorities into a cohesive rule. DEMONSTRATES an adequate understanding of how statutory, common law, and constitutional law interact.	Developing FORMULATES/CONSTRUCTS some relevant legal rules. SYNTHESIZES SOME authorities into a cohesive rule. DEMONSTRATES n adequate understanding of how statutory, common law, and constitutional law interact.	Deficient SUMMARIZES/IDENTIFIES some relevant legal rules. Either fails to SYNTHESIZE authorities or does so in a manner that is not cohesive. Poorly understands how statutory, common law, and constitutional law interact.	Not Applicable Not applicable
Facts Identifying legally significant facts applicable to each issue; recognizing and identifying relevant missing facts, including demonstrating an understanding of methods for discovering such facts and dealing with factual gaps where facts are unavailable.	Practice-Ready CHOOSES all legally significant facts and no legally irrelevant facts. IDENTIFIES all relevant missing facts and DEMONSTRATES an understanding of how to discover such facts or appropriately deal with factual gaps.	Proficient CHOOSES most legally significant facts and rarely identifies legally irrelevant facts. IDENTIFIES most relevant missing facts and DEMONSTRATES some understanding of how to discover such facts or appropriately deal with factual gaps.	Developing IDENTIFIES many legally significant facts and rarely identifies legally irrelevant facts. IDENTIFIES some relevant missing facts and recognizes the need to discover them.	Deficient Fails to DIFFERENTIATE between legally significant and insignificant facts. Fails to identify relevant missing facts and/or assumes facts into existence.	Not Applicable Not applicable
Application of Law to Factual Scenarios Applying the relevant legal rules to the legally significant facts and, as necessary, analogizing and distinguishing authorities, and responding to counterarguments.	Practice-Ready JUSTIFIES selection of legally significant rules and facts. EVALUATES the strength of opposing viewpoints/arguments. SUPPORTS arguments with persuasive analysis.	Proficient Mostly JUSTIFIES selection of legally significant rules and facts. Makes some arguments concerning the strength of opposing viewpoints/arguments. SUPPORTS some arguments with persuasive analysis.	Developing Partially JUSTIFIES selection of legally significant rules and facts. Sometimes makes arguments concerning the strength of opposing viewpoints/arguments. Fails to support arguments with persuasive analysis.	Deficient Makes a mostly unsupported statement about the relevant law that is largely devoid of critical analysis.	Not Applicable Not applicable
Selecting an Appropriate Strategy Drawing and presenting appropriate conclusions based on the facts, taking into account the clients' interests, goals, and objectives.	Practice-Ready SELECTS an effective strategy and PRESENTS A CONVINCING OPINION to the client to achieve client's realistic objectives and resources.	Proficient SELECTS an appropriate strategy and PRESENTS A GOOD OPINION to the client to achieve client's realistic objectives and resources.	Developing SELECTS a plausible strategy and PRESENTS that recommendation to the client.	Deficient RECOMMENDS a course of action to the client that is unrealistic or likely to be ineffective.	Not Applicable Not applicable

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