Unlike any other commercial law school prep course, LawBoost provides students with personalized feedback on multiple writing assignments.  In fact, our students say that the extensive feedback that they receive on their writing is perhaps the most valuable aspect of our course.  Students typically receive a page or more of feedback on each submission, and professors invite the students to engage in a dialogue about any trouble spots within the documents.  Here’s an abridged sample critique to give you the flavor of what our students will see throughout their week with LawBoost.

SAMPLE CRITIQUE of Assignment #1
for Sara Miller

Sara:  This draft contains all of the necessary information to become a strong answer; it just needs to be organized differently.  Don’t worry – we’ll work on that together.  First, I suggest that you read Monday’s class notes closely for advice on how to structure an IRAC (syllogistic) answer.  Also, take another look at the sample answer in the course text.  I’ll include detailed comments on each major section below:

1. IRAC Structure.  IRAC stands for Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion.  Every sentence in an IRAC answer must be one of these four sentences.  An Issue sentence should provide . . . .

2. Issue Statement.  This issue statement is technically correct, but it is quite bare bones. Some professors like whittled-down issue statements, but it is important to become accustomed to drafting thorough statements (you can always narrow it later based on a particular professor’s preference).  The issue statements that I encourage students to draft contain . . . .

3.  Rule of Law.  IRAC’s rule section should begin with . . . .

4. Case Law Explanation Structure. This answer’s case law explanations contain much of the necessary information, but . . . .

5. Application’s Structure.  Begin the application section with . . .

6. Analogizing and Distinguishing.  Your analogizing and distinguishing is on the right track, but it is not as precise and thorough as it needs to be.  Analogizing and distinguishing are important parts of strong answers.  In the application section . . . .

7. Legal Theory of the Argument.  You are on the right track.  To make this answer even better, consider . . . .

8.  Miscellaneous.  Civil cases have plaintiffs; criminal cases have complainants or victims.  Plaintiff and defendant are capitalized if you are referring to the present case, and are not capitalized if you are referring to the parties in another case or the case law.