JOHN JAY LEGAL SERVICES, INC.
EVALUATION OF STUDENT WORK
Student:
Evaluated by:
Description of Work:
Date of evaluation:
(If applicable) Learning Objectives of task/assignment (as identified by teacher/as understood by student):
COMPETENCE
DECISION-MAKING/PROBLEMSOLVING: Developing ability to diagnose
problems, identify objectives, devise and
select options and strategies
Skill in diagnosis/problem identification;
defining clear, specific objective(s)
Identification of possible courses of action;
generating an array of alternative options
Assessment of options: analysis of possible
outcomes (legal and non-legal)
Implementation of choices: deciding when to
adhere to/depart from plan
Analysis of outcomes and consequences:
identifying what to do differently next time
ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION
Factual Investigation
Identification of relevant, potentially
available information (using legal categories
to structure information acquisition plan)
Quality of overall plan for investigation
Choice and sequencing of sources
Skill and efficiency in accessing sources
Skill and efficiency in eliciting, organizing,
and recording information
Ability to recognize unsought, but valuable,
information
LEGAL RESEARCH
Identification of pertinent legal
principles/rules
Overall quality of research plan; choice and
sequence of sources
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LEVEL
ACHIEVED
COMMENTS
COMPETENCE
Precision and thoroughness
Correct analysis of authorities
Efficiency and timeliness
SYNTHESIS OF FACT AND LAW/
APPLICATION OF LAW TO FACTS
Judgment: ability to generate and justify
alternative legal positions, and to assess their
strengths and weaknesses
Creativity: ability to use legal arguments
and materials creatively and imaginatively
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE:
Developing ability to analyze non-legal
context of law and lawyering decisions
Ability to identify the empirical
data/assumptions underlying a rule or
principle of law
Ability to articulate the values underlying a
rule or principle of law
Ability and inclination to analyze critically
the validity of underlying assumptions and
values
Awareness of psychosocial/economic
/scientific, etc. factors in legal situation
Ability to work with materials from nonlegal
disciplines and/or nonlegal professionals to
solve legal problem
Ability to distinguish policy and law
arguments, to understand their comparative
impact, and to judge when and how to utilize
each or both
LEGAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Awareness and quality of choices about
information to communicate
Awareness and quality of choices about
setting, timing, etc.
Judgment in deciding, if choice, whether to
use oral or written means of communication
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LEVEL
ACHIEVED
COMMENTS
COMPETENCE
QUALITY OF ORAL COMMUNICATION
Choice of words: precision, accuracy,
appropriate tone
Clarity, economy, and organization
Grammar, syntax, diction
Eloquence, rhetoric
Correct, consistent use of terms of art
Listening, awareness of others' reactions
Nonverbal communication, “body
language,” professional presentation of self
QUALITY OF WRITTEN
COMMUNICATION
Choice of words: precision, accuracy,
appropriate tone
Clarity, economy, and organization
Grammar, syntax, punctuation, spelling,
citation form
Professional format and appearance; care in
proof-reading and editing
Eloquence, rhetoric
Correct, consistent use of terms of art
MANAGEMENT OF EFFORT: Developing
ability to manage time/resources so as to
produce optimal legal services
Complete, careful planning and preparation
Staging of work: setting up realistic
sequence of steps for timely task completion
Actual completion of task on time
Prioritizing; balancing competing
obligations
Effective collaboration
Effective individual work
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LEVEL
ACHIEVED
COMMENTS
COMPETENCE
Effective identification and utilization
of available resources and assistance
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY and
ROLE: Developing sense of responsibility
for professional choices and their
consequences
Recognition of ethical issues and
relevant professional norms and
standards; ability to research
professional ethics
Ability to analyze critically the validity
of professional norms and standards
Ability to recognize and choose among
conflicting professional norms and
personal values
Ability and inclination to articulate
reasoning behind ethical choices;
coherence and consistency of ethical
reasoning
Reliability and integrity
LEARNING SKILLS: Developing
ability to obtain, reflect on, and learn
from the explicit and implicit feedback
of experience
Ability to diagnose lawyering
competencies that need improvement,
and develop good learning agendas
Ability to recognize and use
opportunities for improvement of
lawyering competencies
Ability to reflect on/learn from own
experience
Ability to reflect on/learn from others'
experience
Ability to provide useful feedback to
peers
Ability to provide useful feedback to
supervisors
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LEVEL
ACHIEVED
COMMENTS
COMPETENCE
Ability to elicit and use feedback from
peers
Ability to elicit and use feedback from
supervisors
Ability and inclination to consult with,
rather than seek direction from, peers
and supervisors
ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS:
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LEVEL
ACHIEVED
COMMENTS
Definition of Levels of Achievement
1.
Serious difficulty:
Did not seek or respond to supervision appropriately,
and did not perform task adequately
2.
Difficulty:
Responsive to supervision, but still did not perform task adequately
3.
Fair progress:
Performed task adequately, with substantial supervision
4.
Good progress:
Performed task well, with substantial supervision; or performed task adequately,
with some supervision
5.
Competence:
Performed task well, with some supervision; or performed task adequately, with
minimal supervision
6.
High competence:
Performed task very well, with substantial supervision; or performed task well, with
minimal supervision
7.
Excellence:
Performed task very well, with some or minimal supervision
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