Admin Law Case Brief Presentation Assignment Wrap Up Dr. Joe Saviak

Wrap Up – Lessons to Carry Forward Our students are the high performers – dedicated and motivated – want to succeed – if you show them what you want done and how to do it, they will get the job done! However, our students may not have had a lot of research papers & professional presentations during their first two years in college – it may be years since they have been in college – they may not get a lot of specific direction or training on effective writing & professional presentations at work We have many new students and this was their first written assignment and professional presentation in our program I am invested in your success! This means that we need to build the specific skills required for success in our program – with practice & experience, these skills will definitely be strengthened

Wrap Up – Lessons to Carry Forward With each assignment, I will identify the strengths for you to retain, the areas for improvement, & how to specifically implement those improvements - it is your job to make those improvements – replicate success (and don’t repeat errors ) Overall, students did well with this assignment – I realize that you will not have this exact same assignment in future classes but you will need the exact same skills (research, writing, presenting) in your future classes – and definitely for your career and maybe graduate school too for some students By learning the lessons to carry forward through this wrap up, we are ensuring your future success! Expect that you will make some mistakes – that’s why it is called learning

Wrap Up – Lessons to Carry Forward Content Problem: Typos! Solution: Catch and correct them! Grammar, word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, spelling, etc. Read over very carefully before turning in – it’s not a mistake if you catch it! Multiple eyes mean fewer mistakes (in group work, more than one person can review the entire document to catch & correct typos) Do not rely exclusively on Spellcheck – learn the rules of effective writing so you have the ability to catch & correct mistakes.

Wrap Up – Lessons to Carry Forward Problem: Overuse of Quotes! Scenario #1 – direct quote with no citation/reference = plagiarism Scenario #2 – direct quotes with citation/reference but not presented as direct quotes – big mistake – no original intellectual work product Scenario #3 – paper is just a series of direct quotes – no original intellectual work product Solution: Use maybe 1 quote per assignment – express concepts in your own words Your assignments are all about other people’s work & research expressed in your own words Always use citations & references If it is a direct quote, treat it as such We write to become effective writers (if we depend on quotes all the time, we will not become effective writers)

Wrap Up – Lessons to Carry Forward Problem: Following the Rules Solution: Follow the Rules!  If the assignment calls for summary of two law review articles, then it needs to have summaries of two law review articles  If the assignment calls for the Court’s Rationale and the Court gave 3 reasons for its decision, you need to articulate all 3 reasons underlying its rationale for the decision (all the answers were in the Court’s opinion you read)  If there were 2 questions for the Issues before the court, the Holding should have 2 answers to each question within the Issue section  If the assignment called for a Synthesis and Evaluation (combined or not), then you need to produce that required section  Include all key facts in the Facts section  Present the author’s views as their own in the law review article summary because they may or may not be correct or controlling for the case  Get the Issue right in the Issue section – if more than 1 issue, present all of them  Don’t present a party’s arguments as the Court’s reasoning unless the Court adopted that reasoning for their Rationale for their decision

Wrap Up – Lessons to Carry Forward Problem: Lack of organization/structure to your writing Solution: Clear organization & strong structure to your writing – the reader should not be required to cross an obstacle course to get to your point – effective writing requires clear organization & strong structure – easy for the reader to follow along & get your point – it does not ramble, start, back up and hit the point again later, or fail to sufficiently develop and fully explain the point (drive-by) – if it is a major point, you introduce the point, effectively explain the point, and reinforce the point (in a research paper, that occurs in different sections – Intro, Body, & Conclusion) Problem: Using APA correctly Solution: Learn APA – internal citations (Saviak, 2014) or (Saviak, 2014, p. 2) and references – consult APA website, Purdue The Owl, the Proctor Library APA Guide, or contact a reference librarian here – learn APA by researching specific questions using these resources

Wrap Up – Lessons to Carry Forward Delivery  Don’t read your presentation – present it!  Practice!  Use all tools that effective presenters employ – eye contact, hand gestures, voice (tone, pace, inflection), body language  Avoid doing anything that distracts or detracts – rocking the podium or continuously shifting from side to side (good news - we are on dry land ) – continuously shuffling your notecards (it’s not Vegas here ) - placing a barrier between yourself & the audience like standing behind the computer (it reduces your ability to use hand gestures, etc. & connect with your audience).  You want to be well rehearsed, smooth, engaging, & professional from start to finish – nice transition between speakers  Dress appropriately for a professional presentation  Be enthusiastic! It’s easier for the audience to be interested when the presenter is enthusiastic