COMPLETE CAPSTONE SUBMISSION CHECKLIST
1. Legal Analysis Brief
Must include:
- Facts
- Issues
- Holding
- Reasoning
- Disposition
2. Investigative Report
Must include:
- Investigations
- Bias
- Effective Investigations and Confirmation Investigations
3. Client Interview Checklist
Must include:
- Legal Client Intake Memo Format
- Questions
- Other Factors
4. Intake Memo
Must include:
- Client Memo Format
- Meeting Information
- Future Appointment Information
- Formatting
5. Complaint
Must include:
- Complaint Format
- Statement of Facts
- Causes of Action
- Prayer for Relief
- Other Factors
6. Legal Research, Traditional and Computer-Aided
Must include:
- Employment at Will
- Whistle Blower Protections
- Procedural Matters
7. Interoffice Memorandum of Law
Must include:
- State vs. Federal Citation Rules
- Court Opinion
- Citations
- Analysis
- Conclusion and Next Steps
SPECIFIC THINGS THE RUBRIC SAYS YOU NEED
Legal Analysis Brief
You need:
- Relevant case facts
- Procedural facts
- All legal issues
- Rules of law
- Court reasoning
- Final determination/disposition
Investigative Report
You need:
- Define outside investigations
- Define paralegal investigations
- Compare investigator vs advocate
- Define bias
- Connect personal bias to professional work
- Identify interviewee bias
- 3 components of effective investigation
- Example of confirmation investigations
- Textbook citations
Client Interview Checklist
You need:
- Proper memo heading
- At least 10 questions
- Motivation questions (why questions)
- Party identification questions
- Additional questions
Intake Memo
You need:
- Proper memo/letter format
- All parties and contact information
- Meeting summary
- Ramifications of missing meetings
- Future appointment date/time
- Importance of attendance
- Consequences of missing appointment
- Correct grammar/syntax
- No misspellings
Complaint
You need:
- Correct caption format
- Parties identified
- Correct jurisdiction
- Legal issues separated
- Rules/law applicable to facts
- Prayer for relief
- Signature block
- Notary block
Legal Research
For EACH topic:
- Key numbers from Westlaw
- Relevant case
- Legal reasoning
- Research applicable to question
Topics:
- Employment at Will
- Whistleblower Protections
- Procedural Matters
Interoffice Memorandum of Law
You need:
- State vs federal citation differences
- Locate court opinion
- Relevant facts
- Proper citations
- Apply law to facts
- Likely outcome
- Next steps
OVERALL FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS
The rubric repeatedly checks for:
- Proper formatting
- Organization
- Grammar
- Correct syntax
- Citations
- Memo format
- Complaint format
TOTAL
- Maximum: 106 points
- One attempt only
- Worth 30% of overall grade
- This what I think its asking for but look online for paralegal certification capstone project for different examples. NO AI. I attached the rubric as well.