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An Effective Self-Assessment Tool for

Beginner IRAC Assignments



Nicole   Coon


Karl  Milligan


       Looking for an effective self-assessment tool for your students' first
IRAC' assignment? We  were too.

       To that end, we: (1) canvassed existing academic literature on self-assess-
ments; (2) created our own self-assessment tool2 that integrates Self-Assessment
by Comparative Analysis (comparing one's work to that of an expert); and (3)



1 This article refers to IRAC; however, the self-assessment tool would be applicable to any
of the various organizational paradigms including CREAC, etc.
2 A copy of the self-assessment tool is available in the Legal Writing Institute Teaching
Bank, under the All Other Teaching Materials Section, at https://wwaw.jwionline.org/re-
sources/teaching-bank. Alternatively, if you are unable to access the self-assessment tool
through this website, please email the authors directly at nicole.coon mitchellham-
line.edu or kari.milligana mitchellhamline.ed, for a copy of the self-assessment tool.

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