Course Writing Assignments

Course Writing Assignments [all to be double spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, 1” margins all around]: 

*Initial writing assignment:

Updated Employment at Will Writing Assignment 

 


 

*Legal Research Paper [LRP] links [Read all before beginning research and writing]:

Permissible LRP Topic Areas

  • Preferred [plenty of cases out there]            
    • Age discrimination
    • Disability discrimination
    • Denial of FLMA/CFRA/Pregnancy Leave or failure to reinstate upon return from leave
  • OK [but tougher to find good cases]
    • Religion
    • National Origin/Race
  • Not OK [difficult if not impossible to resolve with appellate case law]        
    • Employee/contractor status
    • Exempt/non-exempt status
    • Sexual Harassment

Legal Research Paper Details 
[please read and reread this info before, during, and after writing the paper!]

Web Research FIRACT Details

Reminder re: Research Paper Format

Legal Research Paper Grading Criteria and blank feedback form 
[Review carefully to see what I look for both before writing the paper and again before handing it in!]

Submission Check List for LRP Fact Situation and Web FIRACT