I will post an "e" copy of your take-home midterm examination on the Fed Civ Pro Course Web Page, or by e-mail attachment, probably toward the end of Week 7. You will hand in your midterm answer, probably during Week 9. A due date after your other midterms avoids conflicts. However, stretching that exercise into Week 10 may be too long of a midterm period.

The purpose of this take-home exercise is to provide meaningful feedback–in an environment which promotes learning. Thus, my basic objectives are to administer an exercise that will: (a) count, roughly 10%, gradewise; (b) help you to prepare for the final exam; (c) prepare you for a special form of essay testing that over 60% of the states are now administering on their bar exams; and (d) in tandem with the course Problems, more closely approximate what lawyers do in actual practice.

I will read your answer, provide written feedback, and then assign what I anticipate will be a "grade" of 1 to 5 five points. Based on my past experience, there will be other "in between" point scores, such as 2.5, 3.5, etc.

I will later add these points to the raw point score from your Civ Pro 1 final exam. For example, if your final's exam's total raw points were "43," then I would add 2 points to that raw score--for a raw score total of 45 points. I cannot predict the precise number of possible exam raw points, but 40-50 raw points is the traditional range. This exercise is much more about preparing you for the final than receiving a grade.

"2" does not mean a "C," etc. This exercise is more like an extra-credit assignment to help you prepare for the final exam in December.

The TJSL Honor Code applies: you can discuss this assignment with others, however, what you turn in as your midterm exam cannot be plagiarized/virtually identical to another exam answer.

You should turn in the optional take-home via one of the following alternative methods--with my name, your course (Civ Pro I), and your student exam number: (a) to a Faculty Assistant; or (b) the third floor night drop box slot, just outside of the Faculty Assistant; or (c) in the box which I will bring to class on the day that the midterm is due--so that I do not know who wrote what.