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I assume a fair amount of 3L's are currently grading the 2L submissions for your school's LR write-on contest. Most schools use the mini note (thank god). General thoughts? Certain things that make you feel biased towards or against the applicant? How far are you digging (if at all) into the relevant cases and laws which the applicants are applying?

Along w/ the grading rubric, my strategy has been to try to keep in the back of my head the ultimate questions of whether (1) the applicant is a strong writer; and (2) the applicant pays close attention to detail in terms of citations and grammar, and would likely make a good cite checker.

I'll bite. I grade by:
1. Scan for grammar + passive voice. Implicitly for coherency.
2. Then look at the writing holistically for apportionment, whether analysis is more than background. Implicitly for not following LR format (no footnote in conclusion or roadmap paragraph, etc.)
3. Scan footnotes/endnotes for obvious bluebook errors.
4. Quick check the list of sources to see how many sources the student did not cite.
5. Arbitrary assign scores in different categories.