GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMENTATORS Length of spoken peer review: plan on speaking five (5) minutes. Format for spoken peer review: Briefly explain your understanding of the author’s thesis. The reason to do this is because an early draft may lack clarity in its thesis. It will therefore be helpful to the author for you to […]
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS Each class for three weeks, three students will present papers. The entire class will discuss the papers, regardless of whether students are presenting or commenting that day. Each day, three students will serve as presenters, and three others as commentators. I will serve as moderator, to keep you aware of how much time […]
Places to look for guidance in the Bluebook. Place in BB or Rule Short description Front inside cover Quick reference to law review citation Back inside cover Quick reference to court documents Back cover Concise table of contents Table of contents Detailed table of contents Index Helpful for searching for specific matters Tables 1 to […]
Syllabus The syllabus indicates: “As a seminar course, there will be no final examination. Instead, you will be evaluated on thesis statement & outline/preliminary source listing (5%), first draft (25%), final draft (45%), and class participation (25%). Your score for class participation will take into consideration a number of factors, including: regularity and quality of preparation and discussion; […]
