hey everyone!
I was looking for some guidance on a 25 mark essay. We actually haven't done many in legal yet, only the 15 markers and so I was wondering around how many cases. legislations and files as such you would need to ideally use for a solid response. Its on family law and should strictly be 1200 words.
Hey there! It is difficult to approach a 25 marker for the first time. I felt this way when I did my first essay for SOR, but in Legal I had done assessment tasks that had more or less asked me to break down an essay, so it felt more bite sized! How many cases and legislation and what not is always hard to define. If you told me you used 3 cases in your essay I'd think that's pretty solid, but it really depends what you do with them. You might just be using a case to say it set a precedent, or you might be using a case as a great example of exactly how the law is applied. In each body paragraph, I'd aim to use a case or a significant statistic just as a way of proving your point. in every case. Don't forget to incorporate the themes and challenges too - so often they are overlooked but they are great for improving the sophistication of your work. I wrote a guide to break them down
here.
Also, Jamon state-ranked in legal and he wrote about how he did exactly that
here and it has a section on formulating arguments, which will be good for you to read!