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Assignment 3: Overview of Legal Research

Due Week 6 and worth 300 points

 

It is widely known that paralegals serve many functions, which include but are not limited to performing investigation, handling pleadings, and conducting discovery. Imagine that a senior partner has assigned your supervising attorney to litigate a personal injury case, and your supervising attorney has asked you to help her prepare. In preparation for trial, complete the following tasks.

 

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Outline a detailed three (3) step system for interviewing a client. Explain the purpose of each step within your system.
  2. Draft five (5) questions that, as a paralegal, you would ask prior to beginning an interview with a client. Identify the primary purpose of each question.
  3. Develop ten (10) interrogatories, and describe the primary information that you are attempting to elicit from the opposing counsel’s client.
  4. Explain the importance of using interrogatories for a personal injury case. Identify two (2) ways in which your supervising attorney could use the opposing party’s responses to further her case. Provide a rationale for your response.
  5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

  • Research information using primary and secondary sources.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in legal research and writing.
  • Write clearly and concisely about legal research and writing using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 300

Assignment 3: Overview of Legal Research

Criteria

 

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

 

Fair

70-79% C

 

Proficient

80-89% B

 

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Outline a detailed three (3) step system for interviewing a client. Explain the purpose of each step within your system.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely outlined a detailed three (3) step system for interviewing a client. Did not submit or incompletely explained the purpose of each step within your system.

Insufficiently outlined a detailed three (3) step system for interviewing a client. Insufficiently explained the purpose of each step within your system.

Partially outlined a detailed three (3) step system for interviewing a client. Partially explained the purpose of each step within your system.

Satisfactorily outlined a detailed three (3) step system for interviewing a client. Satisfactorily explained the purpose of each step within your system.

Thoroughly outlined a detailed three (3) step system for interviewing a client. Thoroughly explained the purpose of each step within your system.

2. Draft five (5) questions that, as a paralegal, you would ask prior to beginning an interview with a client. Identify the primary purpose of each question.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely drafted five (5) questions that, as a paralegal, you would ask prior to beginning an interview with a client. Did not submit or incompletely identified the primary purpose of each question.

Insufficiently drafted five (5) questions that, as a paralegal, you would ask prior to beginning an interview with a client. Insufficiently identified the primary purpose of each question.

Partially drafted five (5) questions that, as a paralegal, you would ask prior to beginning an interview with a client. Partially identified the primary purpose of each question.

Satisfactorily drafted five (5) questions that, as a paralegal, you would ask prior to beginning an interview with a client. Satisfactorily identified the primary purpose of each question.

Thoroughly drafted five (5) questions that, as a paralegal, you would ask prior to beginning an interview with a client. Thoroughly identified the primary purpose of each question.

3. Develop ten (10) interrogatories, and describe the primary information that you are attempting to elicit from the opposing counsel’s client.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely developed ten (10) interrogatories, and describe the primary information that you are attempting to elicit from the opposing counsel’s client.

Insufficiently developed ten (10) interrogatories, and describe the primary information that you are attempting to elicit from the opposing counsel’s client.

Partially developed ten (10) interrogatories, and describe the primary information that you are attempting to elicit from the opposing counsel’s client.

Satisfactorily developed ten (10) interrogatories, and describe the primary information that you are attempting to elicit from the opposing counsel’s client.

Thoroughly developed ten (10) interrogatories, and describe the primary information that you are attempting to elicit from the opposing counsel’s client.

4. Explain the importance of using interrogatories for a personal injury case. Identify two (2) ways in which your supervising attorney could use the opposing party’s responses to further her case. Provide a rationale for your response.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely explained the importance of using interrogatories for a personal injury case. Did not submit or incompletely identified two (2) ways in which your supervising attorney could use the opposing party’s responses to further her case. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.

Insufficiently explained the importance of using interrogatories for a personal injury case. Insufficiently identified two (2) ways in which your supervising attorney could use the opposing party’s responses to further her case. Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.

Partially explained the importance of using interrogatories for a personal injury case. Partially identified two (2) ways in which your supervising attorney could use the opposing party’s responses to further her case. Partially provided a rationale for your response.

Satisfactorily explained the importance of using interrogatories for a personal injury case. Satisfactorily identified two (2) ways in which your supervising attorney could use the opposing party’s responses to further her case. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.

Thoroughly explained the importance of using interrogatories for a personal injury case. Thoroughly identified two (2) ways in which your supervising attorney could use the opposing party’s responses to further her case. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.

5. 3 references

Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.

Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

6. Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting

Weight: 5%

Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Numerous errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

7. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and  reference

Weight: 5%

Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section.

In-text citations and references are given, but not in APA format.

In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style.

Most in-text citations and references are provided, and they are generally formatted correctly in APA style.

In-text citations and references are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style.

8. Information Literacy / Integration of Sources

Weight: 5%

Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations.

Sources are rarely integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are partially integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

 

Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

9. Clarity and Coherence of Writing

Weight: 5%

Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is somewhat confusing with not enough reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

 

Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent manner with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

 

 

 

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