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Law Case Study Rubric Law Case Study Rubric End of Term Case Study - Will Also Be Used For Assessing Business Administration Program Outcomes of Critical Thinking and Effective Communication Rubric Code: Q6AW25 By mlsavage Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Law Type: Project Grade Levels: Undergraduate

End of Term Case Study
	Poor F equivalent 0 pts	Fair D equivalent 1 pts	Average C equivalent 2 pts	Good B equivalent 3 pts	Exemplary A equivalent 4 pts
Meets Basic Assignment Criteria 0 %
Understands Assignment If this box is checked for the poor or fair evaluation criteria, the document will receive a failing grade and no further evaluation will be conducted	Poor Submission shows no basic understanding of the nature of the case study assignment as it relates to a business law course	Fair Submission shows very little understanding of the nature of the case study assignment as it relates to a business law course	Average Submission shows a basic, but minimal understanding of the nature of the case study assignment as it relates to a business law course	Good Submission demonstrates a solid understanding of the case study assignment as it relates to a business law course	Exemplary Submision demonstrates a full and clear understanding of the case study assignment as it relates to a business law course
Issues and Precedents 45 %
Identification Identify the legal issues in the cases	Poor Identifies & understands almost none of the issues presented in the case study	Fair Identifies & understands few of the main issues in the case study	Average Identifies & understands some of the main issues in the case study	Good Identifies & understands most of the main issues in the case study	Exemplary Identifies & understands almost all of the main issues in the case study
Laws and Precedents Identify the laws and legal precedents that pertain to the legal issues	Poor Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands none of laws and legal precedents for the case study	Fair Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands few of laws and legal precedents for the case study	Average Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands some of laws and legal precedents for the case study	Good Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands most of laws and legal precedents for the case study	Exemplary Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands all of laws and legal precedents for the case study
Analysis of Issues For each issue, compare both existing legislation and case law with the facts presented in this case.	Poor Was not able to analyze the issues using facts presented, laws and case precedents and/or was not able to separate issues for analysis.	Fair Marginal analysis of each of the separate issues using the relevant facts, laws and case precedents and/or was not able to separate issues	Average Somewhat thorough analysis of the issues presented using the facts presented, laws and case precedents and handled each of the issues separately prior to coming to a grand or universal resolution	Good Reasonably thorough analysis of each of the issues using the facts presented, laws and case precedents and handled each of the issues separately prior to coming to a grand or universal resolution	Exemplary Very thorough and insightful analysis of each of the the issues using the laws and precedents and handled each of the issues separately prior to coming to a grand or universal resolution
Decisions 35 %
Decision For each issue presented, and based upon existing law. discuss and determine how each issue should be resolved.	Poor Did not make a decision on the issues presented based on precedent, and did not defend the case	Fair Either decision was not clear, or the decision was made without adequate legal basis	Average Somewhat clearly made a decision based on the issues and precedent	Good Made a decision based on the issues and precedent on a basic level	Exemplary Clearly made a decision based on the issues and precedent - i.e., demonstrated mastery of the process
Reason for Decision Was able to communicate logically why he/she chose the winner in the case.	Poor Did not defend the case	Fair The explanation for the case has many faults.	Average Logically explained decision in the case on a basic level.	Good Offered a competent explaination of the decision in the case.	Exemplary Thoroughly and logically explained decision in the case.
Opposing Opinion Based on the precedent and issues, discuss any reasons why the opposing party may prevail when this case goes to court.	Poor Did not discuss the opposing opinion in the case	Fair The explanation for the opposing opinion had many faults.	Average Explained the opposing opinion in the case on a basic level.	Good Offered a competent explaination of the opposing opinion in the case.	Exemplary Thoroughly and logically explained the opposing opinion in the case.
Writing Skills 20 %
Writing Errors These errors include spelling, grammar, word usage, capitalization, spelling, paragraphing, word use, etc.	Poor The document is difficult to be read due to errors or misspellings	Fair Frequent compositional errors or misspellings, but the exam can be read	Average More than occasional errors or misspellings	Good Occasional errors or misspellings	Exemplary Writing has few, if any, compositional errors
Organization	Poor The document is unorganized to the point being virtually unreadable	Fair The document is unorganized, but can be read	Average The document is somewhat organized	Good The document is fairly well organized	Exemplary The document is well organized
APA Format	Poor The document clearly does not comply with the basic requirments of APA format	Fair The document shows some APA criterion, but demonstrates little sophistication, i.e., may not include such elements as in text citations, reference page, headers, etc.	Average The document demonstrates a basic level of APA criterion, but still contains major deficiencies	Good The document demonstrates a solid understanding of the basic elements of APA formatting	Exemplary The document demonstrates excellent APA formatting skills

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