There are five parts to the assignment. Each part can be as short or as long as you deem necessary, but each part should be at least one paragraph in length.

DO NOT repeat the descriptions below in your case brief but do apply the headers from each part to provide me with a roadmap of your case brief.

Finally, do not make assumptions about the case that the reader will know or understand. Fully explain to the reader what you mean and what you have interpreted in drafting all parts to the assignment.

1. CASE FACTS (relevant/necessary/required to resolve the case)

Facts can be listed with a short commentary as to why they are relevant/necessary or required or facts can be described in a narrative or presented in a bullet point list

2. RULE (legal rule or code that is relevant/necessary/required to resolve the case)

Legal rules are the applicable areas of law that apply to the case. For instance, a slip and fall case would apply the tort rule of law called negligence. Negligence has several parts which you would present in this part of the case brief (i.e. duty, breach, causation, in fact, causation in law or proximate cause and harm)

3. ANALYSIS (application of case facts to the legal rule or code to resolve the case)

The analysis is the process of examining the facts of a case against the legal rule or ethical code to render a decision. For instance, in a negligence action, the first fact to look for in the case is a fact that describes a duty to act on the part of the party who was Negligent. If you cannot find a fact that establishes a duty to act, then there cannot be a successful negligence claim against that person.

4. DECISION (summarize the Courts holding and comment upon the precedential value)

What was the Courts holding (outcome)?

5. CONCLUSION (your opinion about the case was it decided in the correct way?)

Tell me what you think of the case. Was it decided correctly in your opinion? Incorrectly? Is the decision a good precedent for other judges to follow?

You are in the College cafeteria. At the next table, a couple of students are talking about their law class. They are talking about how they have figured out how to cheat on the quizzes and exams and how you can buy research papers from a recent grad who is adapting and selling his course work. Since you are studying ethics in class you review the academic integrity language in the syllabus and the academic integrity language in the student handbook.

Draft a case brief on this scenario.