Student: ___________________________________
Evaluated by:_______________________________
(self, peer, faculty?)
Description of Work: _________________________
Date of evaluation: __________________________

(If applicable) Learning Objectives of task/assignment (as identified by teacher/as understood by student):


DECISION-MAKING/PROBLEM-SOLVING:
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

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 non-legal disciplines and/or non-legal 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

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

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

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

Student's competence in the different learning objectives is evaluated according to the following 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