Format Instructions
In keeping with the practice and profession of law, it is required that all assignments be submitted in a professional, businesslike format, as students will be expected to do when they are lawyers submitting documents to the court. Thus, the following requirements apply to all assignments and exams submitted to the school:
- All assignments, including midterm essay exams, must be submitted in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, or pdf text-selectable format.
- All assignments, including midterm essay exams, must be typed.
- Final exams may be typed or legibly handwritten.
- Use one-inch margins and a font size of 12 points. Use Times New Roman, Arial, or a similar businesslike font. Use black ink only on all parts of the assignment.
- Single-space all assignments and skip a line between paragraphs or headings. For assignments other than exams, students may
alternatively double-space the entire paper and indent paragraphs.
- Include a page number on each page, at the bottom center.
- Include the following information on the first page of each assignment:
1) Name
2) Email address
3) Date of submission
4) Term of studies, e.g., 1L, 2L, 3L, etc.
5) Subject, e.g., Contracts, Real Property, Constitutional Law, etc.
6) Assignment title, e.g., Definitions Assignment, Case Briefs, Midterm Essay Exam, etc.
- For quotations from another source, use quotation marks to indicate the words are not your own. If the quoted selection is longer than four lines, it must be set off as a block quotation. Use proper citation on all quoted material, as shown in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
- Assignments must be formatted and saved as one document per subject. For example, all case briefs for a course must be in one document, with each brief starting on a new page. Do not submit 12 separate documents with one case brief in each for the case briefs assignment.
Legal Three