BLACKBOARD READER RESPONSE #3 ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

BASJ300 – Legal Research and Writing

Fall 2023

Assignment Information

1. You are required to submit an academic response to the article posted on Blackboard
entitled, “What is Legal Research?”.

2. In your response explain at least three important components of legal research you
have learned from the article and how they would apply to being a better legal
researcher.

3. (Reminder, do not use personal pronouns like “I” or “we” in your response).

4. You are required to include three quotations from the article in your response. Make
sure they are cited properly.

5. Your response must be three (3) double spaced pages in length. Your margins must be
normal (2.54 cm) on all sides.

6. Your response is due December 6, 2023, by 11:59 pm (midnight).

7. The responses must be done individually and they must be submitted electronically in
Microsoft Word format through the “Assignment Submission” area on Blackboard. The
response must be in Microsoft Word so I can apply track changes for my comments and
edits. If you submit your response in a different format you will be deduced marks.

8. Include a separate title page for the assignment. The title page will be in addition to the
3 pages of written content.

9. Include a separate bibliography for the assignment where you properly cite any outside
sources. The citation style for this assignment is not specified.

10. The response is worth 5% of your total grade in this course. It will be graded out of 15
marks. The rubric used to evaluate each response is on the next page.

11. 25% of your final grade on each response will be deducted for every day the assignment
is late (including Saturday and Sunday).

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 READER RESPONSE RUBRIC
BASJ300 – Legal Research and Writing
Fall 2023

Needs Improvement Adequate Good TOTAL

(0-1 mark) (2-3 marks) (4-5 marks)

Content Student did not
appropriately consider the
question topic; submission
was not well thought out
and comments were
unrelated to the question
topic
Writing Student did not adopt any
of the writing skills
Style discussed in class (i.e. plain
language, point-first, or the
active voice); submission
was not persuasive
Student made some effort
to consider the question
topic; submission was
somewhat organized and submission was organized
comments were somewhat
relevant to the question
topic
Student made an attempt
to adopt some of the
writing skills discussed in
class; submission was
somewhat persuasive
Clear evidence that
student considered the
question topic;
/5
and comments were
relevant to the question
topic
Student adopted several
of the writing skills
discussed in class;
submission was /5
persuasive

Spelling Submission had many
spelling and grammatical
and errors that interfered with
Grammar its flow and readability
Submission had some Submission had few
spelling and grammatical spelling or grammatical
errors that interfered with errors
/5
its flow and readability

TOTAL: /15