Parameters of paper.
· 12-20pg research paper
· 15p is a good length
· Over 20 not a problem
· Not a lot of case law will not count against the grade
· Legal news reports
· Court records
· You can make an argument
· Can take number of approaches
· Compare and contrast
· Two different interpretations
· Can be informative, explorative
· *** why is it important to the reader
· Incorporate analysis
· DUE – TBD . . . it’ll be the date of the final
· 1’ margin, 12pt times new roman, dbl spaced
· Header 0.5
· Use headings
· Footnotes – yes
· Don’t over footnote, half the page should not be footnotes
· Can take some things for granted
· Things that aren’t general known = FN
· Show sources, but not a blue book nazi
· Show links to articles
· News articles
· Do working links
· He reads a lot, writes a lot – has good sense of what’s out there
· Don’t do anything too familiar, make it your own
· Think of your audience – be light and entertaining, factual
· Anonymous grading
· On the paper itself – JUST THE PIN NUMBER
· Normal turnaround time for grades = quick